Nan'yoji

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Soto International Zen Center
499, Handa, Kawanishi-cho, Shiki-gun, Nara-ken 636-0206

Phone: +81(0)745-43-1459 Fax: +81(0)745-43-1459
* Please inquire by email or fax.

Prefecture: Nara
Head Priest: Rev. Keiho Nishigaki
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E-mail: nanyoji@gmail.com
Access: Car: 10mins from Horyuji interchange on the Nishi-Meihan Expressway.
Train 1: 10mins by taxi from the Kintetsu line Hirahata station.
Train 2: 5mins by taxi (30 mins walk) from the Kintetsu line Yuki station.
Train 3: 10mins by taxi from JR Horyuji station.
Train 4: 15mins by taxi from JR Oji station.
Language(s): English

Meditation day: Saturday (3,4 times a month)
Time: 8:00pm-9:00pm (includes tea break)
Fee: Voluntary, free (for ordinary meditation meeting)
Instructor: Resident priest
Other details: According to schedule (issued 3-4 p.a.). Please contact us beforehand.

Meditation lecture dates: Dec 1-5 (every evening 8:00pm-9:00pm, with tea break)
Fee: Voluntary, Free
Other details: Please inquire.

Sermon day: Please inquire.
Times: Variable
Content: Please inquire.
Fee: From ¥3,000
Lecturer: Resident priest, Former Resident priest（lecturer in the Soto school of Buddhism, director of Zen meditation dojo.)
Other details: Tracing the sutras

Number of beds

c.8 (max.)

Fee (per night)

¥5,000 - ¥10,000

Other details

Nan’yoji Temple Soto International Zen Center activities

Please inquire in advance. Public accommodation also available.
We do not limit ourselves to Zazen sessions, but try to cater to participants' desires as much as possible. We therefore also run study classes and children's Zazen sessions, cooperative projects with the surrounding area, and cross-cultural exchanges. Our policy is to transcend religion and work most actively in those areas that benefit most strongly from the power of meditation. Use of a temple is not just for religious practitioners and parishioners. Rather a temple is where anyone should feel free to drop in on. Homestays are also possible (we keep a regular list of registered host families.) Stays by small numbers of people for just a few days are also possible. We also offer the opportunity to experience Japanese culture, with instructors in kendo, judo, dance, and more.
In addition, since 1996 has been conducting three day pilgrimages from August 30 to September 1 every year following the steps of the zen master Dogen. Starting in Kyoto City and finishing in Eiheiji Temple in Fukui Prefecture, it takes the form of "a walking zen meditation."