Souji-in
At Souji-in, guests are bound to have a stress-free stay. Keep up with all your communications easily with the ryokan's free Wi-Fi. Guests can enjoy free parking right at the ryokan. Front desk services including concierge service and luggage storage can assist with your needs.
Feeling lazy? In-room conveniences like daily housekeeping let you get the most out of your room time. For the comfort and health of all guests, smoking is not permitted anywhere within the ryokan. Smoking is allowed only in the designated smoking areas provided by ryokan.
All rooms at Souji-in are designed for comfort. For your comfort, some rooms at the ryokan are equipped with linen service and air conditioning. Some rooms at Souji-in even come with extra design features such as a balcony or terrace. In-room entertainment amenities including the television is provided in some rooms.
In some select rooms, you can find a refrigerator at your disposal. It's good to know that a hair dryer, toiletries and towels are provided in some guest bathrooms.
Dining and things to do
Apart from amenities and services, Souji-in goes the extra mile to make sure all guests make the most of their time. Get social at the ryokan's shared lounge and TV area, where you can meet other guests.
Reasons to stay here
Get more than you bargain for here, which scores value for money higher than 95% of the city's accommodation.
Facilities at this ryokan are rated higher than 98% of other accommodations in the city.
Past guests love the cleanliness here, ranking it higher than 98% of the city's accommodation.
Peaceful stay”
I recommend this hotel for anyone wanting to stay at a temple while at Koyasan. The temple is close to a bus stop and some major sightseeing spots which makes it easy to get around. Convenience store about a 10 minute walk. The room was traditional Japanese style, and was spacious and clean. Shared bathing facilities provided (separated by gender). My only complaint is that the pillow was a bit too hard! But otherwise it was a fabulous stay, and I'll be recommending it to my friends.
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Unique atmosphere”
Although Souji-in is a bit far from the Oku no in trail, we had a wonderful stay here and enjoyed the fascinated unique atmosphere. The food at the temple was awesome. We attended the morning prayer. One of the monks tool time to explain us a bit more about the type of buddhism they are practicing here.
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Thank you for your stay at Soujiin. We will improve our service level with your opinion.
Absolutely book ”
Could not recommend more- what a special place. Highly recommend.
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Lovely temple stay”
Wonderful premises, well located, amazing dinner and breakfast (included in the price) and with the chance to attend morning prayers. What more could you want?
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Perfect Japanese Style Temple living,.”
Next booking can be more days enjoy the temple food.
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Exceptional”
Everything was amazing.Would highly recommend it!
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Modern temple, not the authentic experience I was hoping. Dinner was exceptional though.”
It’s basically a nice relatively modern ryokan where the staff wear monks robes. Morning ceremony was interesting however very little information is given.
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Great experience and good food”
We were greeted by Mr. Naka, who guided us to various facilities and to our room. There was also a welcome matcha tea and dessert served during that time. Loved the smell of hinoki in our room, must have been the material used in the building itself. The shojin ryori (buddhist cuisine) was delicious and a feast to the eyes! Souji-in is within 3 minutes walk from Kongobuji-mae bus station. We went for a bath relatively early around 4-5pm, so we got to enjoy the onsen all alone (my husband in men public bath, me in the lady one). There was instruction slip given on onsen etiquette. There was a basin and a private toilet in our room. Really enjoyed the stay.
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Pampered in a monastery”
For anyone who ever dreamt of being pampered in a monastery, Souji-in is the place. Food superb, room super-large and overlooking one of the gardens, with its own full bathroom. Though not experts in monastic accommodation, it would have to be safe to say that it can't get much better than this.
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Thank you for your comments. We are sorry for the delay of our reply. We hope that Koyasan will keep on providing monarstic accommodation to the guests from abroad.
Exceptional”
We stayed only one night but it was lovely. The room was basic (tatami mats and a table, and futon beds they set up and pack away for you) but lovely. The dinner was magnificent - all vegetarian but very beautiful and beautifully presented. If you stay, make sure you eat there. They had shared shower facilities in traditional Japanese onsen style so be prepared for that experience and read up on the etiquette! Word of warning - make sure you get the package with the meals included - we had some issues where we booked the 'Japanese Room with Dinner and Breakfast' but it didn't actually have dinner and breakfast included (this was in the fine print). They honoured our booking with food anyway though after some discussion. Not sure if this was an issue with the way it was listed on Agoda. We were also invited to observe a traditional Buddhist ceremony at 6am the next morning. It was a great privilege to be able to do this which we were grateful for.
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Thank you for your stay in Soujiin. We are sorry for the delay of the reply. We are glad to know that you were satisfied with our accommodation service.
5 star!”
Our stay here was nothing short of AMAZING! We felt like we were in a 5 star hotel - spacious and luxurious room, beautiful view of the pond from our room, dinner and breakfast was an art of its highest form (beer was part of the menu), onsen was clean and extremely zen, monks were very polite and helpful.... highly recommended!!
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Strongly recommended. Peaceful and relaxing place, good location, tasty foods, best services ”
we love this place and very enjoyed our time here, the place (temple) is very peaceful and relaxing, beautiful and calm garden, it is located in a very good location 5 minutes walk to the center city, very convenience . Our room is big and very nice setup with private bath tub. Tasty foods, staffs (monks) are very well educated with best service mind. Strongly recommended.
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Thank you for your favorable comments We will try to improve our service level of our staff.
Recommend The Soujiin”
Immaculate, beautiful and exquisite! To think that a traveler can stay in accommodation that meets all of the high expectations of a quality hotel, surrounded by the ancient traditions of a monastery. I loved this experience. The monks are incredible hosts, gracious and kind.
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Thank you for your comments. We are glad to know that you had a good time in Koyasan which is a monastic center in Japan.
Great upscale experience”
Incredible experience all round. Service was very friendly, food is the highlight. Silent and spacious rooms. Morning meditation and ritual very nice also. Location is close to main temples and walkable distance from most places. Overall a great stay. Only complain, its a bit pricey but worth your money.
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Thank you for your comments. We glad to know that you had a good time in Koyasan. We will try to improve our service level in the future.
Very refined. ”
The temple was located perfectly, on a quiet side street between two major temple complexes. The staff was very helpful, and the dinner and breakfast outstanding in it’s presentation and taste. A wonderfully meditative stay.
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Nice shubuko. Good situation in the center. ”
Nice expérience in the monastery Including the ceremony at 6:00 am! Breakfast at 7:20 and dinner at 5:30 pm. Door are closing at 9:00. Nice vegeterian meal . The suite with private bathroom is really big.
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Absolutely a must experience ”
I never knew I’ll be giving such high marks for sleeping on the floor... This place is fantastic. It’s beautiful, clean, extremely clean, serves excellent and esthetic food and with the morning service it made our stay an unforgettable one. Ah, yes, we had futon to sleep on...
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Thank you for your comments. We are very glad to know that you had a good time in Soujiin. We are also happy because you were satisfied with our vegetarian cuisine.
Exceptional”
I really loved this place, high in the mountains - very peaceful.
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Real experience ”
I highly recommend to spend at leat 1 night even 2 if you have sufficient time. This is a real experience and the monk are very welcomed. The vegetarian meals , breakfast & diner , were delicious.
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Thank you for your stay. Our staff would be very happy to know that you were satisfied with our vegetarian cuisine. Your experience in Koyasan will be a memory of your trip to Japan.
Monastery lodging”
Lovely people who make you feel at home. Nice area, walking distance from all temples and evening walk to Kobadashi.
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Thank you for your stay. We are happy to know that you had a good time here in Koyasan. We hope that your experience in Koyasan would be a memory of your trip of Japan.