What you’ll see & do
Book this tour alone or include it in a custom trip
This private tour can be booked as a standalone day or included within a custom Japan itinerary, with hotels, transport, guides, cultural experiences, and local support arranged around your dates.
Uji (宇治) sits twenty minutes south of Kyoto, better known for green tea than for Zen – but two of the region’s most important Zen temples are here, both largely unknown to foreign visitors. Kōshō-ji, founded in 1233, sits above the Uji River in a cedar forest. Manpuku-ji, founded in 1661 by the Chinese monk Ingen Ryuki, is the head temple of the Ōbaku school – striking Chinese-style architecture, still an active monastic community.
On this private full-day experience your guide leads you through both temples, a hands-on zazen meditation session, a Fucha ryori Buddhist communal lunch at Manpuku-ji, and an afternoon with an Orin bowl craftsman – witnessing the moment the alloy finds its voice.
A day built around stillness, twenty minutes from Kyoto.
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PRACTICAL INFORMATION
LANGUAGE
English · Japanese
AVAILABILITY
Year-round
All private, bookable directly
MEETING POINT
Your hotel lobby
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