What is a "Zen Sauna Retreat"?
After the sauna, this retreat allows you to face your own heart deeply through "Zen Dialogue" with sharpened senses. Zen Dialogue is a dialogue with a master (an enlightened person) who is the center of Zen training in the Rinzai sect. Our worries arise when we become "caught, biased, and attached to our minds." Recognizing this capture is the first step to being free from worries and reaching enlightenment.Daitai-ji Temple, located along the Kumano Kodo trail, is surrounded by nature and features a permanent, authentic Finnish-style wood-fired sauna, Ryumushian, where you can warm yourself up and rejuvenate your mind and body.The two-day, one-night Zen sauna retreat offers a chance to face questions, find answers for yourself, and then engage in deeper dialogue to gain valuable insights. This is a special retreat where you can regain your sharpened senses by spending quiet time in the great outdoors.■Website:https://oterastay.com/daitaiji/zensauna-premium/
Service Overview
Standard plan (Zen sauna included, accommodation only): After relaxing in the authentic Finnish-style wood-fired sauna, Ryumushi-an, you will engage in Zen quizzes using a tablet. This plan allows you to face yourself deeply in an environment that you would never experience in your everyday life.- Contents: 1-day accommodation, Finnish-style authentic wood-fired sauna Ryumushian, self-service Zen dialogue
- Price: From 28,000 yen / person (varies depending on the season)
- Contents: 1-day accommodation, Finnish-style authentic wood-fired sauna, Ryumushi-an, Zen dialogue with the head priest, Zazen, meals (breakfast and dinner)
- Price: From 100,000 yen / person (varies depending on the season)
Experience flow
~ Purifying the mind and facing questions ─ The background behind introducing saunas into temples ~
<Comment: Mr. Tokai Nishiyama, Chief Priest of Daitai-ji Temple>
The purpose of zazen is to eliminate anxiety and worries and reach a state of peace of mind.The sauna is a gateway to feeling that state of mind, and is a place where you can experience zazen.I think it will be an opportunity to experience the charm of the area.Experience the wonders of Zen meditation in a saunaAnd I want you to use Zazen to bring that healing into your daily life.With this in mind, Daitai-ji has begun offering sauna services.In recent years, I feel like a distance is growing between temples and people.A temple is not just a monk's house, it belongs to everyone.We would like you to experience the temple as a place of spiritual refuge.
Designed by Koki Onishi of Artistry Inc., which has won the Sauna Chelan award!<Comment: Artistry Inc. Mr. Koki Onishi>
In response to the enthusiastic desire of the head priest Nishiyama to heal the mind and body of those who visit,We thought about what kind of experience you can get only at Daitai-ji Temple.The sauna is designed to be authentic and to reflect the Finnish spirit, rather than to mimic it.We designed it with the intention of elevating it to the originality of the place.Daitai-ji Temple is very popular among inbound tourists visiting the Kumano Kodo.Although it is a temple, I hope that this sauna will be an opportunity for Japanese sauna lovers to visit.We hope you will enjoy this special experience.<Profile>
- Artistry Inc. Sales Development Department Manager/Woodworking sauna enthusiast
- While pioneering the new genre of 3D woodworking, he also entered the sauna industry as a furniture maker.We are currently carrying out activities to bring in fresh air.
- Finnish Embassy Certified Sauna Builder Workshop First Term Graduate
- Company name: Sharewing Co., Ltd.
- Head office location: 16-13 Sakuragaokacho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
- President and CEO: Mai Sato
- address:stay.reserve.daitaiji@oterastay.com