[Sagae City, Yamagata Prefecture] Learn about Japanese prayer and spiritual culture. Experience a stay overnight at the temple at the solemn and mysterious Jionji Temple, the head temple of the temple. Walk with a mountain ascetic in Hayama and trek along
Activity Rates
26,000 yen ~
About Activity
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This two-day, one-night program will allow you to experience spiritual culture in Hayama, which once had three temples and 48 monks and was counted among the three mountains of Dewa, and in Jionji Temple, a nationally designated historic site and the foremost prayer temple in the Tohoku region with a history of about 1,300 years, and will help you to attain invisible spiritual richness and a healthy body. You will stay at Kazo-in Temple, which was formerly used as a temple. The program for experiencing spiritual culture will include a conversation with the head priest of Jionji Temple, a viewing of the prayer dance and Jionji Bugaku, a nationally designated important intangible folk cultural property, and trekking in Hayama, which was once a Shugendo trail. The meals provided during the program will be supervised by Mr. ～～～, an authority who has won the ～～～ Award as a macrobiotic chef, and will be a modern version of healthy food based on the recipes of shojin cuisine that have been handed down at Jionji Temple since ancient times. At the historic Jionji Temple in Hayama, nestled amidst magnificent nature, you will have completed this special program that is not normally offered, and you will feel a richness of mind and health that you cannot find anywhere else. Duration Content 11:00 Meet at Jionji Temple Terrace 11:00-11:15 Notes on lodging, orientation 11:30-13:30 Experience making soba noodles at the historic Tokobo Temple at Jionji Temple 13:30-14:30 Visit to Jionji Temple and viewing the hidden Buddha with the chief priest as a guide 14:30-15:30 Experience zazen 15:30-16:30 Storytelling program by the chief priest (about the spiritual world of Jionji Temple) 18:00- Complete shojin ryori (traditional vegetarian cuisine) recreated from an old recipe (supervised by ●●) *Menu explanation before meal 19:00- Observation of Jionji Temple Bugaku (at Kazoin) Next morning 6:30-7:30 Morning service (cleaning, zazen, etc.) 7:30 Breakfast (shojin ryori (vegetarian cuisine)) 8:30-11:00 Trekking tour of Shugendo trails with a mountain ascetic Disband Round-trip transportation available between Sagae Station and Jionji Terrace
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[Sagae City, Yamagata Prefecture] Learn about Japanese prayer and spiritual culture. Experience a stay overnight at the temple at the solemn and mysterious Jionji Temple, the head temple of the temple. Walk with a mountain ascetic in Hayama and trek along
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Activity Rates
26,000 yen ~
