Pajamas and Yukata are not allowed to wear in the ceremonies.

We recommend you wear the warm clothes in the winter time.

Photography using flashes or making a clicking sound is prohibited.

Monks recite the sutras during the ceremony to make a memorial service for all the

ancestors worshipped in the main temple.

We have devoted ourselves to pray for the repose of ancestors' souls for more than a

thousand year in Ekoin.

“Eko” means to give thanks to our ancestors and hold a memorial service. To practice virtue.

lets your ancestors rest in peace and brings rewards to you.

We recommend you hold a memorial service for your ancestor when you visit Koyasan.

For more information about memorial service, please click here.

During the morning ceremony, a monk will ask you to offer the incense to the principal

Buddha and ancestors worshipped in the main temple.

By offering the incense, you can convey your feelings to the Buddha and purify yourself.

Please see the below procedure.

①Come to the urn in the middle of main temple one by one.

②Take a pinch of incense from the container next to the urn with your right hand.

③Place it on the smoldering incense in the urn.

④Make a bow.

⑤Come back to your seat.

It is held at Bishamon hall different from the main temple. Right after the morning

ceremony, we ask all the participants to gather at the entrance with the shoes. 

Once it is ready we will take you to the hall.

Goma fire ritual is a mystic ritual of Esoteric Buddhism that was brought from China by our founder “KOBO-DAISHI”.

The ritual is performed for the purpose of destroying negative energies, detrimental

thoughts and desires, and for the making of secular requests and blessings.

It is free of charge to attend it for the guests who stay at Ekoin.

After the ritual, a priest will ask you to take the appreciated smoke from the urn and put it

on the body where you would like to make better.

This smoke is believed that brings merit from the Buddha.

We also recommend you pray for your wishes in the fire ritual if you have when you are in

Koyasan.

For more information about prayer, please click here.