3-Day
Buddhist Temple Retreat in Saitama, Japan
(May 3-5
2025)
I'll be holding
a Buddhist Retreat at Shokakuji temple in Hanno City in Saitama
Prefecture, Japan from May 3 to 5 (Saturday to Monday) 2025.
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, 2025 (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: 26,400 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.
To sign up to attend the retreat: Registration will be accepted
at our Saturday classes at Tokyo
University Buddhists Association or by email
by Sunday April 27. A deposit of 5,000 yen is required 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 (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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