Lodging in the temple
Located at Mt. Shigisan in Quasi national park, visitors can enjoy the beautiful and fresh scenery of raw nature.
Here, spring is the cherry and plum blossom season, summer is breezy with the wind coming from the ocean, and fall is the red leaves festival. While enjoy the scenery for all seasons, you can also walk in the mountain to pray as a pilgrimage.
For ordinary sightseeing individuals and groups and those who expect training, sutra transcribing, Buddha portraying, sermon preaching and ascetic practice, we can also arrange you accommodation. Waiting for your visit.
The lodging facilities range from private room to hall, can hold around 150 customers and can provide a rest for around 500 customers.
Other facilities such as large public bath, tea-ceremony room, training venue are also available for one or more customers.
There is Wi-Fi available.
In all rooms, there is air conditioner in summer and kotatsu in winter. You can spend your time here in a comfortable way.
Lodging expense
Supper excluded, breakfast included | (adult/kid)6,000JPY〜 (Infant) 5,000JPY |
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Lunch/Supper | vegetarian diet/kaiseki ryori:3,000JPY〜 Kaiseki ryori seats:5,000JPY〜 |
Supper /Breakfast included | (adult) 9,000JPY〜 (Kid) 8,000JPY〜 (infant) 6,000JPY~ |


Facility descriptions






There is Wi-Fi available.
In all rooms, there is air conditioner in summer and kotatsu in winter. You can spend your time here in a comfortable way.
Toothbrush, towel and bath towel are also provided.
Besides, there is Yukata in summer and Tanzen (outer robe) in winter, with which you can experience the fun of Japanese culture.
*The toilet and the bathroom are shared.
Precinct guidance

Vicinity sightseeing guidance
It takes 1 or 2 hours to arrive at tourist attractions of Osaka and Nara from Gyokuzoin of Mt.Shigisan.
Here below are the hot spots around.

Horyuji Temple
As world’s most ancient wooden building, Horyuji Temple is the first Japanese historical site listed together with Himeji Castle among the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Sites. Built by Shoutoku Taishi in Asuka Period, the temple reserves in its broad precinct many kinds of precious buildings and treasures in different ages since Asuka Period.

Todaiji Temple
Todaiji Temple is a large temple which occupies a large area at the foot of Mt. Wakakusa. It reserves a lot of national treasures and important cultural properties represented by Vairocana- Buddha which is well known as the Great Buddha of Nara.
One of the eight asset groups of “Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara” as a world heritage site

Taimadera Temple
The temple reserves two three-storied towers built in Tempyo Period which are the only towers standing in a row in Japan.
It also has a large number of cultural properties such as Buddha statues and buildings and has won praise from many cultured persons, prominent persons and artists, the most famous in which is the garden of Nakanobo named as “Koguen Garden”.

Universal Studio Japan
Universal Studio Japan which is located in Konohana-ku, Osaka-shi can also be reached within 1 hour and 30 minutes.
It is filled with worldwide popular animation attractions.
Access from JR Oji Station by taxi
Taxi from JR Oji Station is also convenient.
There is a taxi stand at the north entrance of JR Oji Station. Please tell the driver that your destination is Fukikaku, Gyokuzoin, Shigizan.
After getting off the taxi at Fukikaku, Gyokuzoin, please go down the stone steps to reach the Gyokuzoin Gate as shown in the map ⑦ above.
Bus schedule near around
The access to Osaka and Nara from Oji Station is also convenient.
Please find the schedule of the bus stop (Shigiohashi) nearest to Gyokuzoin as below
ShigiohashiOji Station (north entrance)

No.42/43 Bus Stop Shigiohashi at Oji Station (north entrance)Shigiohashi

Access
Access by train







Access by car
Around 20 minutes through Nishimeihan Expressway from Horyuji IC or Kashiba IC Shigi/Ikoma Skyline from Hanna Expressway
Around 20 minutes by No.168 Line from Ichibu IC or Ose IC through Second Hanna Expressway
Please set the following in the destination who are come to use the GPS · car navigation systems.
Shigisan tourist hotels(Shigisankanko hotel) or 0745-72-4801
near the bridge of Daimon pond away 200m from the arrival location there is a parking lot.




Contact

Telephone service in Japanese, English and German
Adress | 〒636-0923 2280, Heguri-cho, Ikoma-gun, Nara Prefecture |
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