Kyoto Zen Meditation & Garden Tour at a Zen Temple with Lunch

Name: Kyoto Zen Meditation & Garden Tour at a Zen Temple with Lunch
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5.0(573)4 hr 30 minEnglishBook 2 days aheadKyoto, Japan

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Join a tour by MagicalTrip, proud winner of the Tripadvisor Best of the Best Award. Each experience is led by a MagicalTrip Certified Guide, professionally trained and carefully selected to ensure quality and authenticity.

What does Zen truly mean? On this tour, a local guide introduces you to the essence of Zen before meditation begins. Start by visiting a serene Zen garden, where you’ll learn how Zen principles are expressed through garden design and how to appreciate them in a calm, mindful way.

Next, visit Tofukuji Temple, one of Kyoto’s five great Zen temples with a history dating back to the 13th century. After exploring the grounds, continue to a smaller temple within Tofukuji dedicated to zazen practice, where you will take part in an authentic Zen meditation experience.

Shojin traditional meal
A Certified guide by MagicalTrip
Lunch
Entrance fee of all venues we will visit
Zazen Meditation Experience (1hour)
Photos during a tour

What you'll do

Experience Zen meditation at one of the five major Zen temples in Kyoto
Get insights into how to practice zazen or Zen meditation from a local guide. Enjoy the Zen garden (dry landscape garden) with a guide's commentary and feel the tranquility. Enjoy traditional Buddhist meal historically served by Zen monks at Zen temples. This activity ends near Chishaku-in Temple

Meeting and pickup

Pickup details

Outside of Tofukuji Station EXIT 2, Next to the Family Mart ［From Kyoto stn. to Tofukuji stn.］ JR line：You can use both rapid trains and local trains. ［From Shijyo keihan to Tofukuji station］ Keihan line : You can use sub-express, semi express and local trains. Please DO NOT USE express trains.

Good to know

Public transportation options are available nearby
The itinerary for this tour includes some locations that are not accessible by a wheelchair or stroller.
This activity ends near Chishaku-in Temple
The itinerary states we will return to the meeting point, but the plan is to disband at the last shop.
Leaning against walls or pillars is not permitted.
During the zazen experience, you will sit for about one hour either on a chair without a backrest placed on tatami mats or directly on the tatami mats.