Gyokuzoin

Amazing experience!

This is an area of Buddist Temple complex with a small hostel-type accommodation, hosted by monks. You don’t see many people around, it’s very tranquil and peaceful. When planning this trip, you ...

Unique and stunning

We arrived from Nara to Oji then caught the bus to Shigisan. There are many steps to the temple lodgings so we had left our luggage at Nara. I have been here before and still continue to be stunned b...

My little piece of Heaven

What a wonderful, gorgeous monastery and experience we had here. My family (3) stayed overnight in the monastery. We had a traditional Japanese room with Kotatsu and we ate a traditional Japanese me...

Great and impressive experience of japanese old religion.

We reserved temple-hostel for stay a night in Nara city,but We really did'nt know about here. When I arrived here, it was 6 in the evening ,I disappointed to walk path for 10minites to the hostel wit...

An amazing complex

We stayed at Shigisan Gyokuzoin, see my review under Gyokuzoin, it was amazing! The temple complex is interesting with many temples, pagoda and beautiful mountain walking trails. We travelled by taxi ...