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A Premium Mindfulness Journey in Ancient Nara with Alex Kerr

  • Program
    fee    		 Per person ：200,000 JPY
    Available
    time period    		 2025-10-12 - 2025-10-14
    Required
    time    		 2 Days/1 Night

    Please select your participation date.
    1, October 12 (Sun)～13 (Mon)
    2, October 13 (Mon)～14 (Tue)
    Language English


"A Mindful Encounter with the Gaze of the Buddha"

Set in the sacred grounds of Kōfuku-ji Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Nara, this spiritual premium journey offers an authentic mindfulness (meditation) experience guided by a Buddhist monk. Inside the privately reserved Tōkondō Hall, a National Treasure, participants sit in meditation before sacred statues, including the principal image of Yakushi Nyorai (Medicine Buddha), Monju Bosatsu (Manjushri), and Vimalakīrti.
At the climax of the journey, you will engage in deep mindfulness while facing the world-renowned statue of Asura, considered one of the greatest masterpieces of Japanese Buddhist sculpture.

The journey is led by Alex Kerr, a renowned expert in Japanese traditional culture and Eastern philosophy, who will serve as your special guide.
Program details
Program A Premium Mindfulness Journey in Ancient Nara with Alex Kerr
Program fee

Per person :200,000 JPY
Available time period

2025-10-12 - 2025-10-14
Required time 2 Days/1 Night

Please select your participation date.
1, October 12 (Sun)～13 (Mon)
2, October 13 (Mon)～14 (Tue)
Schedule Day 1
9:58 Osaka Station
10:58 Nara Station
11:45 Yakushiji Temple
16:00 Kofuku-ji Temple
19:00 Nara Hotel (Dinner:Specially French Course)
21:30 Nara Hotel (Stay)

Day 2
9:00 Hotel
9:30 Deer Gathering
10:45 Kasuga Taisha Shrine
12:15 Shisui, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Nara
13:45 Todaiji Temple
15:40 Nigatsudo
17:20 Mt, Wakakusa
19:45 Osaka Station
20:00 Shin-Osaka Station
Included in this fee Chartered train and bus fares, experience fees, meals (first day lunch and dinner, second day breakfast and lunch), tour conductor and bus guide fees
※The above travel price includes consumption tax and other taxes equivalent to the costs of items included in the travel price.
Not included in fees Transportation expenses not listed in the itinerary and other personal expenses.
Meeting location Osaka Station
Payment method Payment by credit card
Language English
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    Company:NIPPON TRAVEL AGENCY CO., LTD. NARA
    Address: Nara-city Nara-prefecture

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