3-Day Buddhist Temple Retreat in Saitama, Japan

(May 3-5 2024) 


Shokakuji Temple



I'll be holding a Buddhist Retreat at Shokakuji temple in Hanno City in Saitama Prefecture, Japan from May 3 to 5 (Friday to Sunday) 2024. Instructions and talks at the retreat will be in English. Anyone interested is invited to attend and participate in the full, but not exhausting, schedule of meditation, talks, and meals taken in the traditional style. Beginners are welcome. The quiet, mountainous area around the temple provides a cool and pleasant setting for a brief taste of Buddhist life.

Dates: May 3 to 5, 2024 (from approximately 2 pm on May 3 until 1 pm on May 5)

Place: 
Shokakuji Temple (a Soto school temple)

Address:  Hanno City, Saitama Prefecture, 357-0111.


Cost:
  20,000 yen. The cost includes accommodation and meals during the retreat, but excludes the cost of transportation (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.


Deadline:
  Registration will be accepted at our Saturday classes at Tokyo University Buddhists Association or by email by Sunday April 28. A deposit of 5,000 yen is required to reserve a place.



meal    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 Friday morning (May 3) 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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