KUMAGAIJI

Japan , Wakayama
KOYA, 501 Koyasan Koya Cho
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6/10

Pleasant

20 Nov 2025

Alexander

The room and food were good.

Self

8/10

Excellent

01 Jul 2025

Sireesha

Quiet and peaceful. Enjoyed vegetarian meal.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

27 Jan 2025

Lauren

Magical news years eve stay in Koyasan

We got to stay here for the night of news years eve and enjoyed a vegetarian dinner. My husband cannot eat any wheat or gluten so the monks made sure he had a special vegetable dish with no soy sauce. The rooms were at first cold but with the heaters warmed up nicely. The hot baths were nice. We enjoyed walking the town and seeing the various shrines and temples and large cemetery too. The huge cypress trees were amazing. And the cemetery was lit at night too. We walked around in the evening and heard the huge bells rung 108 times for the new year. It was snowing and very magical. The town people have out free sake and hot tea to visitors for the New Year’s Eve ceremony. We awoke early and joined the monks for early prayers. We slept on futons (very comfortable) and the bathrooms were very clean.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

21 Nov 2024

Verified traveler

Good location

Good location, great services, has all need. There is no private bathroom, all shared bathrooms, their no chairs all sitting on floor. Could do with a little low chair in room. I had to ask for goma fire as they are not doing them anymore. I think they should have them, lots of people wanted it. I book late, had double price it should be, over price. At normal price it is a good placed to stay and would recommend.

Self

6/10

Pleasant

10 Nov 2024

Baomin

Nice to experience a night in a Buddhist temple and morning ceremonies. Public Bath and toilet are a bit hard to handle in the cold weather at night.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jun 2023

Jessica

I don’t want to sound cliché but I can not recommend this place highly enough. Please go and please stay here. Every bit of it was wonderful, the dining experience, the garden, the onsens, the waterfall and the staff: exceptionally beautiful and enthusiastically helpful people.

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

06 May 2023

Craig

Place needs a major update. It’s extremely dated. The whole point is to experience life with the monks but it’s pretty hard to take if you are used to western amenities. Also, the monks do their best, but several are lacking customer service skills, and they have a lot of rules to follow.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 May 2023

Verified traveler

One-of-a-kind experience

Had a wonderful stay and very interesting meals served by our hosts.
The place is sparkling clean and the ambience is very relaxing.

10/10

Exceptional

18 Nov 2022

Rober

Highly recommended!

This is a unique experience to live in a Buddhist temple for one day. Across the street you can find the beautiful Koyasan cemetery. Pure magic.
The dinner and breakfast served was magnificent. We also enjoyed the spa at night.
We are truly grateful for this experience.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

26 Oct 2019

Ellen

This was a very unique experience to be in beautiful mountainous area living in a temple . The food is very different and fun to experiment with different vegetarian options we have never seen before. This is the only temple that does a powerful fire ceremony that was NOT to be missed! Loved this so much! Rooms are Japanese style- futons on the floor, but comfortable and clean. Highly recommend. Don’t miss touring the magical cemetery nearby !!

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Oct 2019

François

Authentic, very nice staff, good location near Okunoin cemetary.
What we expected, and more.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

03 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Very special experience. Exelent food, nice stuff, very cleen

10/10

Exceptional

01 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Amazing. They made us feel right at home.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

30 Jun 2019

Verified traveler

The Staff were so lovely and the property was just as i had expected beautiful Japanese style accomodation. i made great friends....,and i met beautiful person. Thank you so much.

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

14 Oct 2018

Meena

Good location but not quite as advertised

Rooms were clean and pleasant but very cold. The whole monastery was very cold. The decor overall was not as advertised - looked a little run down.
Vege dinner was good but needed more hot food.
The prayers could have been explained more in English.
They provided heaters for the room once requested but other guests did not get any.

10/10

Exceptional

08 Aug 2018

Carol

Great at Koyasan!

Koya sun was really neat. This place was pretty close to the bus line as well as the thousands of grave stones. They had a small public bath but shared bathroom and shared Western shower.. The burning of the sticks the following morning was really neat to see. They had a couple of training priests that spoke English which made it much easier to communicate. The vegetarian food was quite good... did not miss the meat as the variety of food was very filling. I would go back again!

Family

8/10

Excellent

03 Jun 2018

MILLIE

Relaxe and enjoy the trip in Koyasan

Comfortable, great location and including both dinner and breakfast. Save my time to look for restaurant.

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jun 2018

Chuck

Amazing unforgettable experience. Consider the night cemetery walk!

10/10

Exceptional

12 May 2018

Henry

amazing ,enjoyed all our stay.we joined the morning prayers.The food we were served was very enjoyable.a wonderful experiance thank you

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

05 Dec 2017

Verified traveler

The place was unique as it was in a temple. Our host Ai Ya was excellent.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Nov 2017

Jean

Comfort and spiritual

Wonderful experience to stay in a temple and participate in the morning prayer ceremony excellent vegetarian meal with helpful explanations. Close to to the famous cemetery
Which is a must see overall a most memorable experiece

10/10

Exceptional

24 Oct 2017

Nick

Great temple to experience true buddhism

I was always knew this was going to be a true Buddhist experience, but was pleasantly surprised by the comfort and added amenities offered by Kumagai-Ji.

We went for the traditional room, with tatami mats and sliding paper doors, and were blown away by the size of the room (actually two rooms side by side that we both had) and the beauty of the place and location to the zen garden. There was a table for which you kneel at, but had an under heater for your knees! The room was opposite the garden, and while you are eating dinner, they arrange the bed for you which was like a thick puffy cover, rather than a mattress, but was weirdly comfortable and very warm.

The dinner and breakfast were true vegan Buddhist food, and I'm not gonna lie, would definitely take some getting used to. Overall, fantastic though. To experience that kind of food in a place like that, was truly special.

We also got to experience the morning ceremony and fire ceremony, which were fantastic and included in the price.

Now I haven't mentioned the best part yet, and that was the staff! Our host, a very nice lady that we unfortunately never got the name of, had the best English of anyone we had met in the whole of Japan! She was extremely helpful, showed us around everywhere and had a great sense of humour. The monks that also helped out, although didn't speak much or any English, were always ready to help and very kind.

Overall, this is a must stay for koya-san, and can't recommend it enough!

10/10

Exceptional

16 Oct 2017

Aleksandar

Unique experience staying in temple lodging. Dinner and breakfast was thoughtfully prepared and interesting to try out. Showers with onsen is incredible. Perfectly situated.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

29 Sep 2017

Gerry

A disappointment.

I would not discourage anyone from visiting Koyasan, indeed two nights need to be spent here to fully appreciate this wonderful location. This hotel/monastery seems no different from the others for I have checked the ratings, and so, given the cost of staying, then the staff, monks or no, should show a little more grace. A better welcome, a few more pleases and thanks, after all, we tourists go out of way to be pleasant. A consideration for older guests who long ago stopped adopting the lotus position. I believe the whole accomadation set up in the town should take an inward look and take a fresh approach to its treatment of guests. So good as the place is, I do not rate it any more than average, and would urge its staff to consider their guests more.

8/10

Excellent

04 Sep 2017

yana

Somewhat of a disappointment

We were very excited at the opportunity to stay in a temple. Alas, our stay there felt rather commercial, almost like a perpetual fundraiser by the monks via a vis gullible tourists. It was lacking in authenticity. The accommodation itself is great. Our room was very comfortable and futon bedding was immaculate. Nice garden view from the window. We took advantage of the opportunity to attend the morning services. We had mixed feelings about it as well. Food is very peculiar and is not for everyone.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 May 2017

try it!

An extraordinario experience

Very nice, its a must!! I really enjoy my stay ,
The place is outstanding!

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jul 2025

yukiko

丁寧なおもてなしと、心あたたまる時間

チェックイン時間を間違えてしまったのに、優しく丁寧に迎えてくださり、到着早々ほっとしました。
お料理はどれも美味しく、ひとつひとつに心がこもっているのが伝わってきます。
清潔なお布団と気持ちのいいお部屋で、心からくつろげました。

静かな環境と温かな接客で、日常を離れた癒しの時間を過ごせました。また訪れたいお宿です。

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jun 2023

FUKUMOTO

奥の院から近くて、お食事もとてもおいしく設備も、おもてなしもとても良かったです。おすすめの宿坊です

8/10

Excellent

19 Mar 2023

Taro

宿坊らしく華美ではなく厳粛で、しかし便利で清潔、居心地の良い体験でした。

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

04 Mar 2020

ATM

Klassiek Japans slaapverblijf in een tempel

Goed verblijf in klassieke Japanse stijl. Hoewel (gedeeld) sanitair en de slaapvoorzieningen erg netjes, schoon en verzorgd zijn, hoef je geen luxe te verwachten. Voor de prijs die je betaalt, krijg je de sfeer en omgeving.

De muren zijn volgens Japanse traditie van dikker papier, waardoor de binnentemperatuur in de accommodatie 8 graden was. Er staan kachels in de kamer en de dekens zijn ontzettend warm, waardoor je niet in de kou slaap.

Kies je voor dit hotel, of een van de andere in Koyason - ze vertonen veel gelijkenis - dan kies je voor een ervaring en niet voor een klassiek hotel, houd daar rekening mee. Schoenen uit en op slippers door de tempel lopen.

Het personeel is erg vriendelijk en het diner (geserveerd om stipt 17.30u) en ontbijt (geserveerd om stipt 7.30u) zijn volgens de lokale gebruiken veganistisch, maar erg lekker.

Partner

4/10

Poor

27 Jan 2020

Verified traveler

住了两晚，

Self

10/10

Exceptional

24 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

Une nuit au monastère !

Séjour dans un monastère, on oublie le confort superflu et le temps d’une nuit on vit au rythme des moines. Cérémonies le matin, petit déjeuner et dîner local avec les autres guests. Moment très agréable, lieu hors des sentiers battus.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

16 Nov 2019

Anonym

Unsere Erwartungshaltung war eine andere. So lebt man dort nicht in einem Kloster mit Mönchen, sondern ist einer unter gefühlt tausenden von Touristen. Das Abendessen nimmt man z.B. mit anderen Touristen ein, die morgendliche Zeremonie wird ebenso nur für die Touristen veranstaltet. Es wirkt alles nicht sehr authentisch. Wir waren vorher in einer tollen Ryokan, bei der man sich mit mehr Traditionen verbunden gefühlt hat.

Wenn man sich darauf einstellt, so kann es ein wunderbarer Aufenthalt werden. Das Personal ist superfreundlich, die Unterkunft sauber.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

とても満足しています。

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

11 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

The fire ceremony was great. Also the staff were very helpful trying their best to help you.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

Perfecto. .

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jun 2019

Alejandro

Experiencia TOP

Una experiencia maravillosa. Estuvimos muy cómodos, el personal siempre muy atento.
Cena y desayuno vegetarianos (y bastante temprano, sobre las 17:30 y a las 21h cierran el templo y no podrías salir más, por lo que no estaría mal, que tuvierais algún snack para luego si os apeteciera)
Recomendable 100%

Partner

8/10

Excellent

03 May 2019

frank

Het was een mooie ervaring. Het slapen was niet echt comfortabel maar leuk om te hebben meegemaakt

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Nov 2018

Jani

Good temple lodging

Very good place to stay at Koyasan. Main gate closes at 9pm so be inside early enough.
The location is just next to the big cemetery in Koyasan

They serve only vegetable food which is very tasty.

10/10

Exceptional

27 Oct 2018

serge

A Faire

Magnifique expérience de passer une nuit au Mont Koya. Chambres spacieuses... Futons, Kimonos. Le repas du soir excellent, plein de découvertes. Bon petit déjeuner... Excellent séjour.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

06 Oct 2018

carlo

accoglienza molto calorosa e attenta, pasti e colazione zen vegetariani spiegati nel dettaglio, riti religiosi del mattino davvero interessanti, stanza tradizionale ampia pullitissima, bagni pulitissimi.

10/10

Exceptional

03 Sep 2018

Verified traveler

Una experiencia muy buena. Cena y desayuno deliciosos. Las ceremonias de la mañana muy bonitas. Muy recomendable

8/10

Excellent

11 Aug 2018

Edna

Hermoso

Es una experiencia diferente, con los monjes, el ambiente. La ciudad es hermosa entre las montañas

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Jul 2018

Ivan

Perfetto

Tempio molto tipico, con onsen gratuito per gli ospiti annesso.

10/10

Exceptional

27 Mar 2018

Eric

Une expérience unique

Une nuit dans un subito, temple accueillant des voyageurs est une expérience unique et enrichissante.
Les conditions de logement sont adaptées même si les sanitaires sont communs.
Le repas végétalien est surprenant et excellent.
La cérémonie du feu le matin ne doit pas être manquée.
Pour la visite de nuit du cimetière, il faut s’adresser au subuko Ekoin juste à côté.

Partner

4/10

Poor

22 Nov 2017

Tomoko

非常に残念です

チェックインに遅れてしまったのは申し訳ないが、チェックインの時の若い僧侶はこちらが、遅くなり申し訳ありませんと挨拶しても、いらっしゃいませの挨拶もなし。　露骨にむっとしたした顔でお出迎えでした。　すぐ食事と言われましたが、悪天候の中歩いてきたので、足も汚れていたので１０〜１５分下さいと言ったらまたさらにむっとした顔でそれはできないと言わんばかり。　せっかくの美味しい食事も台無しでした。　朝のおつとめは宿泊客が全員揃ったところに帽子に手袋の住職と思われる僧侶が焼香台前の掃除をはじめました。（これって宿泊客の前で行うことなのでしょうか？）そして、その僧侶が聞くに堪えない下手な英語で外国人に説明…なぜか日本では挨拶を含め一切説明なし。　由緒のあるお寺なのに非常に残念です。　昨年泊まっ恵光院は僧侶たちもとっても社交的で気持ちよい滞在でしたが、宿坊でもこうも差があるとは！！　　

Family

10/10

Exceptional

11 Nov 2017

MiO

최고! 특별한 경험이었어요.

템플스테이인데, 진짜 최고의 경험이었어요. 체크인 카운터가 2시부터 6시까지라고 쓰여있는데.. 낮 12시쯤 갔는데도 체크인 받아주더라고요! 바로 방 줘서 넘 좋았어요(비성수기라 그런가봐요). 방은 작은 다다미방이었는데 코타츠도 있고 바깥으로는 연못도 보여요. 저녁에는 직원이 와서 이불 깔아줍니다. 화장실과 샤워실은 공용인데, 굉장히 깔끔하게 되어 있어요. 화장실에 비데 있고 샤워실에 어메니티 다 준비되어 있고요. (샴푸 컨디셔너 바디워시 드라이기 등 있었던 걸로 기억) 작지만 온천(대욕탕) 있어서, 저녁때 여기서 담그고 있으니 굳굳. 저녁과 아침을 주는데, 저녁은 17시 30분, 아침은 7시 30분. 시간에 딱 맞춰 가야해용. 저녁은 스님이 음식에 대해 설명해주고 먹음. 음식은 굉장히 독특한데 맛있었어요. 특히 생전 처음 보는 두부가 있었는데 식감이 쫀득 하다가 나중에 크리미하게 녹아내리는데 아직도 생각나요. 레시피 알고 싶은 맛! 아침 6시 30분부터 7시 30분까지는 아침 세리머니가 있는데, 이색 경험이었어요. 위치는 오쿠노인 입구랑 가깝고 버스정류장이 바로 앞에 있어요.

8/10

Excellent

05 Sep 2017

Bas

Unieke ervaring

Overnachten in een Boeddhistische tempel in Koyasan is een echte aanrader. Hartelijke ontvangst, heel leuk om de ochtendceremonie mee te maken en het diner & ontbijt waren echt Japans. Er hangt een heerlijke rust in Koyasan!

Partner

8/10

Excellent

28 Aug 2017

Florence

Excellent séjour

Bel hôtel dont les chambres donnent sur un jardin intérieur typique.
Les chambres sont spacieuses.
Nous avons été accueillis par un moine adorable qui nous a fait visiter les lieux ouverts aux touristes (le temple ayant des parties réservées aux moines). Thé et pâtisserie de bienvenue. Onsen à disposition.
Dîner végétarien excellent et petit déjeuner tout aussi bon (pour qui aime le local).
Le temple est proche du cimetière qu'il faut absolument voir!
Cet établissement fait partie de nos meilleurs souvenirs au Japon.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

28 Aug 2017

Bruno

Experience spirituelle enrichissante

Bon séjour en famille avec un accueil individuel où tout nous a été expliqué en détail sur le déroulement et les activités possibles

Family