3-Day
Buddhist Temple Retreat in Japan
(November
22-24, 2025)
I'll be holding
a Buddhist Retreat at Shokakuji temple in Hanno City in Saitama
Prefecture, Japan from November 22 to 24 (Saturday to Monday)
2025. The retreat will be held through English. Anyone
interested is welcome to attend and participate in the schedule
of meditation, talks, and meals taken in the traditional style.
Beginners are welcome. The beautiful autumnal colors in the
mountains around the temple
provide a lovely setting for a brief taste of Buddhist life.
Dates:
November 22 to 24, 2025 (from approximately 2
pm on
November 22 until 1 pm on
November 24)
Place: Shokakuji Temple (a Zen Buddhist temple)
Address: Hanno
City, Saitama Prefecture, 357-0111.
Cost: 26,400 yen. The cost includes accommodation
and meals during the retreat, but excludes the transport cost
(approximately 1,300 yen one-way from Tokyo) to the temple.
Schedule: Click here
to download the schedule for the retreat.
Clothes etc: Comfortable clothing is recommended
for practicing Zazen (sitting meditation). The temple provide
all meals and accommodation, but the temple asks everyone going
to the retreat to bring their own bath towel and other personal
items.
To sign up to attend the retreat: You can register to attend at
our Saturday classes at Tokyo
University Buddhists Association or by email
by Saturday November 15. I ask everyone for a deposit of 5,000
yen to reserve a place.
For further information or
to sign up to attend, please email me at tokyozazen@gmail.com
Transportation and directions to the
temple:
Hanno station is approximately 45 minutes by train
from Seibu-Ikebukuro train station on the Seibu-Ikebukuro line. A bus service runs from Hanno train station to Nagou bus stop beside Shokakuji Temple. The bus ride takes about 60
minutes. The total cost for a one-way trip by train
and bus from Seibu-Ikebukuro train station to Shokakuji Temple is approximately 1,300 yen
(train ticket is approximately 500
yen and bus ticket is approximately 800
yen).
Most of the participants will be traveling together from Tokyo to the temple. We'll meet at 9.30 am on Saturday
morning (November 22) at Seibu-Ikebukuro station, and take a Seibu-Ikebukuro line train
bound for Hanno station. After arriving at Hanno station, we'll
take a bus to the temple. You're welcome to travel with this
group. Click here
for directions to the meeting place at Seibu-Ikebukuro
station.
If you're going to Hanno station directly,
you can meet with the group coming from Tokyo at Hanno station
at around 10.45 am.
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