10: Learning about the Koyasan Forest
10: Learning about the Koyasan Forest
Conditions
- Travel Days
- 3 Days and 2 Nights
- Meeting point
- Kumagaya Temple, a Shukubo(guesthouse) Google Map
- Meeting time
- 13:00
- Conductor
- Tour guide accompany
- Transportation
- Private car
- Min-participants
- 4 people
- Capacity
- 6 people
- Hotel
- Single room ex-charge
- ¥0
- Meals
- 2 / 1 / 2(breakfast / lunch / dinner)
- What the tour includes and excludes
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- Included: 2 nights accommodation with 2 breakfasts, 2 dinners , and VAT.
- Not included: Transportation to the meeting place.
- Notes
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Tour Point
・In this two-day course, participants will observe plants, trees, birds, animals, etc. in Koyasan and contrast the man-made forest (Genji Forest) with a natural forest untouched by human hands, and learn how to create a forest that can coexist with the unique life forms of Koyasan.
・Participants will also have hands-on experience of thinning trees to maintain the forest.
・This course was made possible by the Koyasan Teraryo Forestry Association. In 2015, they made it possible for the first time to conduct observation tours in this area.
Program Overview
- Koyasan(Mt.Koya), the area around Okuno-in and Manisan(Mt.Mani), designated by Wakayama Prefecture as an important conservation area, is a forest that has existed for a thousand years and has changed with the times. Focusing on giant trees and plants, we will walk with Ms. Nishida, who is active in the Koyasan Jiryo Forest Association.
Schedule
| Date | Schedule |
|---|---|
| Day 1 |
Koya Town (Wakayama prefecture) ◇Meet at Kumagai Temple, a Shukubo(guesthouse) around at 13:00. Accommodation: Shuku-bo(Japanese style guesthouse) in Kumagai Temple. |
| Day 2 |
Koya Town (Wakayama prefecture) ◇Early morning: Morning service at Kumagai Temple. ◇After lunch, experience dyeing with plants and trees at the meeting center of the Koyasan Jiryo Forest Association. ◇After the tour, return to the Shukubo(guesthouse) for dinner. ◇After dinner, night hike on foot (night animal observation) ◇After observation, return to the Shukubo and take a bath. Accommodation: Shuku-bo(Japanese style guesthouse) in Kumagai Temple. |
| Day 3 |
Koya Town (Wakayama prefecture) ◇Early morning: Morning service at Kumagai Temple. ◇Lunch at a forest cooperative lodge with vegetarian food. ◇After lunch, experience healing. ◇Afternoon: After the experience, return to the Shukubo and dismissal around 14:30. Accommodation: Shuku-bo(Japanese style guesthouse) in Kumagai Temple. |
Instructor and Guide
Instructor YASUNORI NISHIDA MR
Forest ranger who protects the forests of Koyasan Born in 1958. Graduated from Tokyo Agricultural University.Joined the forestry department of Kongobuji Religious Society in 1980.
Joined the Koyasan Territorial Forest Association in 2010. Currently serves as a member of the Koyasan Teraryo Forest Association.
Member of the Wild Bird Society of Japan, certified forest guide by the Executive Committee of Koyasan Mezame no Mori (Forest Therapy).
GuideATSUYO TANAKA MS
Forest therapy guide. Guide in the area of Kongobuji Temple. She first encountered forest therapy at Koyasan and was hooked, becoming a forest therapy guide. To enable the increasing number of foreign tourists to experience forest therapy and wakudoki forest walks in the forest at night, she has been guiding in English as an inbound guide since 2024.
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