Featured Hotels Near Mitsuterusan Shogen Temple

Recommended: Green City Songyuan Temple Zen Lodge, nestled just 2 minutes from the temple gate. Its rooms feature tatami mats and shoji screens, with a serene garden view perfect for morning meditation. The hotel offers free shuttle service to the temple and hosts an on-site Japanese-style outdoor bath, ideal for soaking under starlit skies while gazing at temple lanterns

Green City Mountain Stay: Songyuan View House stands out with its east-facing panoramic rooms offering sweeping vistas of the temple’s pagoda and autumn maple forest. Guests enjoy complimentary shuttle to the main shrine entrance, plus access to a private onsen with mountain backdrop. The hotel’s location ensures peaceful mornings with sunlight streaming through trees into your room

Join the Wednesday Morning Dharma Session hosted by the temple abbot—learn excerpts from the Lotus Sutra followed by a traditional matcha tasting. Additionally, Green City Mountain Stay offers a "One Day Monk Experience" including early chanting, garden sweeping, and handcrafting incense pouches. These immersive activities are available exclusively via the HopeGoo app with limited slots

Yes, Green City Mountain Stay: Songyuan View House provides free electric bike rentals to reach the Thousand Cherry Path and Shirakawa Ravine. Each bike includes a guided audio tour and map. Daily 9 AM dedicated shuttle buses also run to Green City Center and the Prefectural Museum, ensuring seamless exploration without needing a car

Green City Songyuan Temple Zen Lodge offers the "Five Flavors Breakfast Experience", a daily curated meal served to only 10 guests. Featuring dishes like mountain vegetable tempura, pickled plum rice, tofu soup, and hand-roasted green tea, all ingredients are sourced from the temple’s organic farm. Meals take place in a bamboo-walled courtyard, creating a meditative dining atmosphere. Book via HopeGoo for exclusive access

Yes, Green City Mountain Stay: Songyuan View House offers a "Midnight Meditation & Blessing Package" including the temple bell ringing ceremony at midnight and a personal lantern-lighting ritual. Each guest receives a small altar and mindfulness guidebook. A guided moonlit walk along the stone path to the back courtyard reveals illuminated statues under soft light. This intimate experience is available only to guests and can be reserved through the HopeGoo platform