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Day 23 of 27 · Koyasan · The Offbeat Archipelago: Hidden Valleys, Wild Coasts & Sacred Peaks

Day 23 — Koyasan Temple Mountain

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An active day at your base in Koyasan, with no driving.

Koyasan Temple Mountain
Danjōgaran in Mount Kōya, Wakayama prefecture, Japan. © photographed on 31 October 2009 by 663highland — CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons

Stage 14 · Koyasan · Japan

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days 22–23 2 nights 1 h 03 on the road78 kmclimate variable

programme
6 h
usable window
8 h

To add if time allows: Sutra copying workshop at a local temple (1 h 30) · Evening cemetery walk under the lanterns (2 h)

Bad-weather option — something else that day — Hiking through the ancient cedar forest of Okunoin

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