Okunoin, KoyasanPhoto: Tomaž Vajngerl / CC BY-SA 3.0
Kongobuji’s page gives the Torodo, the lantern hall at the far end of Okunoin, as open 6:00 to 17:00, with sutra readings at set times through the day.
- Getting there
- By car to Koyasan, about 1 h 30 min each way; then about 25 min on foot from Kongobuji to the Ichinohashi entrance, our estimate
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
A path under old cedars past thousands of stone lanterns and graves, ending at the Torodo lantern hall, open 6:00–17:00. Walking it is free. It is the second half of a Koyasan day, so the same rule applies: by car, or a ship’s tour if one is offered, on a long call.
- This needs 7 hr, so it only fits a 9-hour call or longer. On a shorter one it will cost you the ship, not the view.
Okunoin, Koyasan and your ship
Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.
Where the 7 hr goes
The hour before all-aboard is not in this bar; it is already set aside. The minutes are our estimates from timetables and maps, not timed on the ground.
If your ship is late, cut the 4 hr in the middle. Never cut the hour at the end.
What to put beside it
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
See · ~2.5hWakayama Castle
The white keep stands on a hill in the middle of the city, about nine minutes’ climb from the gate.
See the detail
See · ~3hTuna-cutting show at Kuroshio Market
A whole tuna is cut up in front of the crowd every day at 12:30 and 15:00, and at 11:00 as well on weekends and holidays.
See the detail
See · ~4.5hKishi Station and the cat stationmaster
Yontama is the stationmaster of Kishi.
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