Minobu

Minobu
Minobu
Located at the foot of Mount Fuji, the Minobu area in Yamanashi Prefecture is a quiet mountain village where nature and Buddhist culture thrive. Centered around Kuon-ji Temple on Mt. Minobu, the head temple of the Nichiren sect, you can enjoy a food culture packed with tradition and local characteristics, such as Buddhist vegetarian cuisine, Minobu bean curd skin, and Akebono soybeans. You can participate in many activities to help heal your mind and body, such as copying sutras, picking tea leaves, and helping with agriculture. A journey that will take you into the depths of Japan awaits, surrounded by the beautiful scenery of the season.

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Tour Route

Food culture tour in the 750-year-old Mt. Minobu area

Day 1

Kuon-ji Temple on Mt. Minobu

Stroll from the Kuon-ji Temple Mausoleum on Mt. Minobu, where the grave of Saint Nichiren and the remains of his hermitage are protected, to Samon Gate.

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Temple Lodging Kakurinbo

At Kakurinbo, you can chant and do calligraphy.

Temple Lodging Kakurinbo

You will participate in a festival after dinner. The deputy priests will perform the festival dance, and you and other participants will liven the festival up by beating the drums.

Day 2

Morning service at Kuon-ji Temple on Mt. Minobu

The morning service at Kuon-ji Temple on Mt. Minobu is a solemn ritual in which participants attend the chanting ceremony held every morning in the main hall, recite sutras with the monks and purify their minds.

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Make rice balls and an inari boxed meal at Temple Lodging Kakurinbo

At Kakurinbo, you will make rice balls, stuff fried tofu pouches with vinegared rice (inari), and pack them into a special bento box.

At Temple Lodging Kakurinbo, collect fresh bean curd skin, a specialty of Minobu Town

Experience collecting fresh bean curd skin, a specialty of Minobu Town.

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Climb to the Inner Sanctuary of Shishinkaku and join a special prayer session

Climb for approximately two hours from Kuon-ji Temple on Mount Minobu; then participate in a special prayer session held by a monk in the Inner Sanctuary of Shishinkaku.

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