Japan Zen Healing Customized Tour Unlocks Top Japanese Experience

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🍌“Jiaolü” (burnt green) has become a hot topic in recent years, giving rise to the mountain wilderness escape “healing travel”!

🔥 Speaking of “healing,” Japan’s Zen practice definitely holds a special place❗
Especially in the ancient Kansai region, famous for its culture and shrines, the Zen aesthetic of Kyoto’s ancient temples is everywhere. The vegetarian temple lodgings on Mount Koya offer secluded retreats, the thousand-year-old pilgrimage paths relieve stress and heal, forest hiking, sutra copying and meditation, seaside yoga, hot spring baths... it’s truly a chosen “travel and practice” sanctuary!
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This time, Ono has overturned traditional travel concepts by combining [travel + Zen practice] dual experiences, allowing ordinary people to immerse themselves in Japan’s native “Zen culture.”

💫 About Us
✅ 8 years of international travel expertise | High-end brand customization | 1-on-1 exclusive design
✅ Minimum 2 people, independent group + one-stop service + 24h online concierge
✅ Full journey with Alpha private car + Chinese-speaking guide + unique experiences
✅ Selected hidden luxury hotels + exquisite breakfast + special (ancient temple lodgings)
✅ Includes visa, tickets, overseas insurance, SIM card, etc.
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These 5️⃣ Zen practice destinations + 2️⃣ hidden luxury hotels are must-visits!

① Mount Koya
A sacred place with over 1,200 years of history, also one of Wakayama’s world-famous mountains
⭕ Lots to do
✔️ Explore the town at the foot of Mount Koya and experience the fo (Buddhist) cultural lifestyle
✔️ Visit ancient temples and shrines, hike along the World Heritage pilgrimage paths
✔️ Experience the unique Mount Koya temple lodgings, traditional fo cuisine, zazen meditation, sutra copying, and chanting

② Chishaku-in Temple
An ancient temple with a thousand years of history, featuring a stunning garden with beautiful seasonal views. It’s also close to Kiyomizu-dera, reachable by foot. If you want to experience Japanese Zen and fo rituals, this is a perfect spot!

③ Saiho-ji Temple
One of Kyoto’s hardest temples to visit, listed as a World Heritage site, famous for its garden covered with over 120 types of moss🍃. Lush and green in summer, it’s one of Kyoto’s most renowned gardens.
Before viewing, you must kneel and copy sutras. The garden controls visitor flow, which is great for a peaceful experience.

④ Shogoin Temple
Near Eikando and quiet with few visitors, it was a training temple for Heian period imperial nobles. Now mainly hosting school study trips, it has few tourists, and the head priest offers blessings to visitors.
Enjoy vegetarian breakfast, matcha tea snacks, prayer and blessings, kaiseki dinner, exclusive foot bath garden, and receive a set of wagashi sweets as a checkout gift.

⑤ Hase-dera Temple (Main Temple)
In May-June, the temple is filled with blooming hydrangeas, fragrant and beautiful. Sixty registered monks practice here, with morning lessons, bell ringing, meditation, and other training methods.
Tips: Zen practice experiences require advance booking~
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2️⃣ Top Luxury Zen Hotels
🏨【Aman Kyoto vs Kyoto FUFU】: They perfectly blend nature and Zen, combining traditional Japanese gardens, stone dry landscape gardens, and tea house culture, plus hot springs, yoga, meditation, tea ceremony, flower arrangement, cuisine, hearth chats, and many more experiences for deep healing.
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How to customize?
Click the consultation window at the bottom left of the note to unlock your exclusive customizer for detailed answers~

Post by JamesPeterson.28 | Aug 22, 2025

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