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Mt Koya Full Day Tour from Osaka with Licensed Guide and Vehicle
Mt Koya Full Day Tour from Osaka with Licensed Guide and Vehicle
Mt Koya Full Day Tour from Osaka with Licensed Guide and Vehicle
Mt Koya Full Day Tour from Osaka with Licensed Guide and Vehicle
Mt Koya Full Day Tour from Osaka with Licensed Guide and Vehicle

Mt Koya Full Day Tour from Osaka with Licensed Guide and Vehicle

By Japan Guide Agency
10 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is S$1,111 per traveller* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travellers
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 8h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

This is the ideal tour for travellers wanting to discover World Heritage Site, Mt. Koya. Go on a full-day guided private car tour of Mt. Koya and learn about the modern and traditional aspects of one of the world’s most sacred mountains!

If you are staying in Osaka but would like to take some time out to enjoy some sights outside the big city, then this tour of Mount Koya in Wakayama Prefecture is for you! Meet your guide at your hotel in Osaka, then head to Mount Koya.

Note*1: The National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter certification is issued by the Japanese government requires a good knowledge and understanding of Japanese culture and history.

Activity location

  • Koyasan Okunoin
    • 550 Koyasan,
    • 648-0211, Koya-cho, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Koyasan Okunoin
    • 550 Koyasan,
    • 648-0211, Koya-cho, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Check availability


Van (Up to 7 PAX)
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h8h
  • English

Van (Up to 7 PAX)
Pickup included

Language options: English
Price details
S$1,372.45 x 1 TravellerS$1,372.45

Total
Price is S$1,372.45
Until Mon, 2 Dec
Mini van (UP to 4 PAX)
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h8h
  • English

Mini van (UP to 4 PAX)
Pickup included

Language options: English
Price details
S$1,287.62 x 1 TravellerS$1,287.62

Total
Price is S$1,287.62
Until Mon, 2 Dec
Regular Car (Up to 2 PAX)
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h8h
  • English

Regular Car (Up to 2 PAX)
Pickup included

Language options: English
Price details
S$1,111.43 x 1 TravellerS$1,111.43

Total
Price is S$1,111.43
Until Mon, 2 Dec

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedPrivate transport
  • What's includedWhat's includedFuel, Parking, Highway fees
  • What's includedWhat's includedCustomisable Tour of your choice of 3-4 sites
  • What's includedWhat's includedLicensed Local English Speaking Guide
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedOther personal expenses
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedfor yourself
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedYou cannot combine tour groups

Know before you book

  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
  • Service animals allowed
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Wheelchair accessible

Activity itinerary

Koyasan Okunoin
  • 2h
The heart of Mt. Koya. Kobo Daishi (Kukai), the founder of Shingon Buddhism and one of the most revered persons in the religious history of Japan, rests here. Also, many prominent personalities' graves line by the approach to Okunoin for several hundred metres through the forest. Your guide will explain interesting stories about those historical characters.
Kongobu-ji Temple
  • 1h 30m
The main headquarters for the Shingon Sect, which has 4,000 temples throughout Japan and more than 10 million followers worldwide. Visitors can see religious artefact, fusuma sliding door paintings, as well as a beautiful rock garden representing two dragons flying amongst the clouds.
Koyasan Danjo Garan
  • 1h 30m
One of the two most sacred sites in Mt. Koya. In the 9th century, Mt. Koya was founded on this very ground. At that time, Kobo Daishi held a groundbreaking ceremony and then dedicated his life to the construction of Danjo Garan. This sacred area consists of nearly twenty different structures including the magnificent Konpon Daito. Your guide will tell you the meaning of these structures.
Koyasan Reihokan Museum
  • 1h
The Reihokan Museum (霊宝館, Reihōkan) was built to house and preserve the religious and cultural treasures of Koyasan. The museum's entrance hall is styled after Byodoin Temple in Uji, and it has three exhibition halls for both permanent and temporary exhibitions. The museum's collection consists of thousands of religious works of art. The permanent exhibition displays statues, mandala (paintings representing metaphysical maps of the cosmos), and various other religious tools and paintings, the most notable of which is the scroll depicting the "Reclining Image of Sakyamuni Buddha on His Last Day". Additionally, a rotating temporary exhibition displays a seasonal selection chosen from the museum's collection.
Koyasan Daishi Kyokai
  • 1h
Daishi Kyokai (大師教会, Daishi Kyōkai) is the administrative centre of Shingon Buddhism, and is responsible for spreading the teachings of Kobo Daishi, the sect's founder. The complex consists of two buildings: Henjoden, a traditional temple hall, that was built in 1915 and is dedicated to Kobo Daishi, and a modern building for administration, lectures and training. Visitors can participate in a few activities at Daishi Kyokai, such as receiving Buddhist precepts (jukai) or copying Buddhist scriptures (shakyo). No advance reservations are required.
Tokugawa's Mausoleum
  • 1h
The Tokugawa Mausoleum (徳川家霊台, Tokugawa-ke Reidai) on Koyasan was built in 1643 by the third Tokugawa shogun Iemitsu in order for his family to have a mausoleum close to Kobo Daishi's mausoleum. It consists of two buildings which enshrine Iemitsu's grandfather Ieyasu and father Hidetada, the first two Tokugawa shogun. The mausoleum's two identical buildings took twenty years to be completed and were built in the extravagant style of the early Edo Period with graceful sloping roofs, rich ornamentation, intricate carvings, lacquer and gold leaf. The two buildings stand side by side. The one on the right enshrines Ieyasu and the one on the left Hidetada.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESKoyasan Okunoin
    • 550 Koyasan,
    • 648-0211, Koya-cho, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEKoyasan Okunoin
    • 550 Koyasan,
    • 648-0211, Koya-cho, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

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