Katsuragi Hotels & Accommodations

Located in Katsuragi, 27 km from Tama Museum, Sanso Amanosato provides accommodation with free bikes, free private parking, a garden and a bar. Among the facilities at this property are room service and a concierge service, along with free WiFi throughout the property. The property is allergy-free and is situated 27 km from Kishi Station. At the hotel, each room is equipped with a terrace. The private bathroom is equipped with a shower, free toiletries and a hairdryer. Guest rooms will provide guests with air conditioning, a safety deposit box and a flat-screen TV. An Asian breakfast is available daily at Sanso Amanosato. The accommodation offers a hot spring bath. Matsushita Park is 32 km from Sanso Amanosato, while Jodo-ji Temple is 32 km away. The nearest airport is Kansai International Airport, 48 km from the hotel.

July 2016 OPEN! Hot spring hotel with easy access to Koyasan and Kudoyama

Standard Japanese business hotel, albeit with an onsen and newer than most. Breakfast is adequate, with western coffee on offer. Location is not central, but within 10-15 minutes walking distance to Shimo-Isaka station, restaurants, and a supermarket. Not exactly geared towards non-Japanese travelers, since the staff hardly speaks English and the hotel information given is only in Japanese. Extremely satisfied with it considering the affordable room rate.

Good access from the station ２ minutes walk. There are many restaurants around and convenience stores. Very beautiful in a new hotel. The correspondence of the front desk staff is also wonderful.

Route Inn Hashimoto offers reliable business hotel amenities,including laundromat, onsen and a good restaurant directly adjacent. Coffee and business centre in lobby; ECO plan offers a free beer! Much less expensive and far less tourist-mobbed than the options on the famed Koyosan, which can be quickly reached on the scenic Nankai Railway. 3km to historic Kudoyama old town, also on the Nankai Railway. Typically friendly and efficient, but about 2km from Hashimoto station. Bus service from station to depot 200m east of hotel, but infrequent service off-peak hours.

After booking a room with a bathroom, a monk took us to a semi-underground room. It was so cold. He showed us the shower and bathroom in the corridor. We told him that we paid more to book a room with a bathroom, and he took us to find an old monk. Unless we were mistaken, none of their rooms had a bathroom. I obviously spent hundreds more just to have a bathroom in the room, and it was clearly written on the order. He asked me to contact Ctrip at his expense, and he also contacted the agent. It took about an hour and a half to figure this out. He took us back to the original room and opened the locked door (at first we asked him what the small door was, and he said it was a maintenance room). There was a dirty toilet and a sink that couldn't be smaller. Anyway, there are no hotels on Mount Koya. If you want to stay, it’s a shukubo in the temple. They are expensive and have poor conditions, so think twice.

Sufang is the most anticipated part of the formation of Koyasan. The so-called Sufang is actually living in a temple to experience the practice. There are more than 100 temples in Koyasan, and dozens of them are open to tourists. It is different from the small Japanese-style houses in ordinary hotels. In addition to being located in the mountains, there are also practice experiences such as eating fast, morning classes, and copying scriptures. In the morning class starting at 6:00, the sky was still dark. In December, Koyasan was already very cold. When I saw the girls next to me, they were very cold. The monk's chanting calmed the mood. Around the lobby of the morning class, this temple is dedicated to the spiritual position of the people. Compared with the mysterious sense of religious rituals in Japan, and Japan with frequent natural disasters, religion seems more secular to ordinary people. It is noticed that when monks recite scriptures, the instruments used to make sounds are used quite frequently. This is probably why there is music such as Buddhist electronic sounds in Japan. Zhaifan is quite exquisite. The combination of ingredients also takes a lot of effort. The monks do not eat meat and rely on soy products to supplement protein. The tofu made by Koyasan has also become a local famous thing. After breakfast, dinner is not wasted. There is a public bathroom that can be used for soup, there is a public smoking area on the first floor, and a wine list is optional. Unlike the imagination before the visit, the monk who received our English communication was ok, warm and gentle. Although Sufang's experience was more secular than expected, living in the headquarters held a good memory of the trip to Koyasan.

I drove for three hours in the morning and arrived at Koyasan from Kyoto. The temperature on the mountain was 5 or 6 degrees cooler than Kyoto. We stayed at Huiguangyuan, a 1000-year-old Buddhist monastery. The temple has traditional Japanese-style rooms and beautiful gardens. The meals are Buddhist and vegetarian, and the service staff are monks, making people feel the Japanese Buddhist culture. The morning morning there was a Buddhist morning class and meditation activities. [Konoyama] On the altar, Kalan - Jingangfeng Temple - Huiguangyuan. Koyasan is the ancestral ancestor of Dongmi Mang, and was founded by the master of Hongfa in the 7th year of Hongren (816). Legend has it that the Master of the Seas was willing to find a lotus sacred place like Wutai Mountain in China to promote the Dharma. When the line went to Gaoye Mountain, a pair of white dogs and black dogs led the way. The Masters of the Sea followed them to discover the eight peaks around the Gaoye Mountain, so they were Here you build your own dojo, which has been passed down to the present. The altar on the altar is the center of the entire Gaoye Mountain, and it is also the place where the empty sea masters first built the temple. The Jingangfeng Temple is the largest temple in Koyasan. It was originally built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1593, and was renamed as the King Kong Temple in the Meiji era.

It's a little far from the center of the city, but there's LaLaport right in front of you, so you don't have to worry about eating. I was happy that the parking lot could be parked more than 130 cars on a flat surface. There was a bath on the first floor and I was tired. It was helpful for early departure because it included breakfast. It was a weekday, but the breakfast restaurant was large so it was not crowded. The twin room was also large enough for business, and there were many outlets and the lighting was bright, so it was easy to use. If anything, it was not for families, but for many people working by car. There was also a free coffee and tea service in the lobby. I would like to use it again because the cospa is good.

Old-fashioned Japanese hotel with good service and good environment. There are also supermarkets nearby and it is very convenient to take a car. Leisure travel is very good.