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This is a two-day, one-night program at Jionji Temple, the leading prayer temple in Tohoku, to help you attain spiritual richness and a healthy body.

This two-day, one-night program will help you achieve an invisible richness of mind and a healthy body by experiencing spiritual culture with your body and mind at Hayama, which once had three temples and 48 temples and was counted as one of the Three Mountains of Dewa, and Jionji Temple, a nationally designated historic site and the foremost prayer temple in the Tohoku region with a history of approximately 1,300 years.

The program for experiencing spiritual culture includes a dialogue with the head priest of Jionji Temple, a viewing of the Prayer Dance and Jionji Bugaku, a nationally designated important intangible folk cultural asset,

We also offer trekking in Hayama, which was once a Shugendo mountain ascetic path.

The meals provided during the program will be modern, healthy meals based on the traditional vegetarian recipes handed down at Jionji Temple since ancient times.

At the historic Jionji Temple in Hayama, nestled in the midst of majestic nature, you will experience a special program not normally offered, and upon completing this program, you will feel a sense of spiritual richness and health that cannot be found anywhere else.

(Day 1)

11:00 Meet at Yamagata Station

11:00 12:00 Travel by private minibus from Yamagata to Fukuyoshi Ryokan

12:00 12:20 Arrive at Fukuyoshi, check-in, and get information about the facility

12:20 12:40 Change into training clothes

12:40 12:50 Explanation of shojin ryori (vegetarian cuisine)

12:50 13:40 Buddhist vegetarian lunch

13:40 14:00 Travel by private minibus from Fukuyoshi to Jionji Temple

14:00 Arrive at Jionji Temple (meet at the first parking lot)

14:05 14:15 The head priest will explain about Jionji Temple at the temple gate (focusing on its unique feature as a temple of prayer)

14:15 15:00 Tour and stroll around the grounds of Jionji Temple (with a guide)

15:00 16:00 Jyogyo Samadhi (training experience) at Amida Hall

16:00 - 17:00 Bugaku Experience at Jionji Temple Office

*Participants will be given the opportunity to try on armor and learn the basics of the dance.

17:10 17:30 Travel by minibus from Jionji Temple to Fukuyoshi

17:30 Arrive at Fukuyoshi, change into secular clothes (plain clothes), take a break

18:00 20:10 Bar Hopping Tour ① Akahoppe (90 mins) ② Sagae Snack Bar (40 mins)

20:30 Arrive at Fukuyoshi, take a bath, and go to bed

(Day 2)

5:30 Wake up (Please come to the dining hall dressed in training attire and ready to go)

6:00 - 6:50 Breakfast at Fukuyoshi

6:55 Departure from Fukuyoshi

6:55 7:15 Travel by private minibus from Fukuyoshi to Jionji Temple

7:15 8:00 Experience copying sutras at Kezō-in Temple

8:00 8:20 Explanation of today's Shugendo path and prayer

8:20 8:30 Travel by minibus from Jionji Temple to the trailhead

8:30 11:30 Trekking on the mountain ascetic trail

A two-day, one-night program that will enrich your mind and improve your physical health

Completely vegetarian cuisine recreated from an old recipe

Trekking tour along the Shugendo trail with a mountain ascetic

Buddhist vegetarian lunch

A modern version of healthy food based on the recipes of shojin ryori (vegetarian cuisine) handed down from ancient times at Jionji Temple.

Jionji Temple is a nationally designated historic site and the foremost prayer temple in the Tohoku region, boasting a history of approximately 1,300 years.

A conversation with the head priest of Jionji Temple

Bugaku experience at Jionji Temple Office

Bar Hopping Tour with Dinner

After dinner, we can guide you to the next restaurant.

Experience copying sutras at Kezō-in Temple

Change into white clothing exclusively for the tour

Prayer before the ascetic training