Weekend Meditation Retreat in Yamanashi (Temple stay!)

Join us for our upcoming weekend meditation retreat at a Nichiren Buddhist temple at the foothills of Mt. Minobu in Yamanashi prefecture!

We’ll have several guided meditation sessions in the temple, guided by Misha. Each session will be about 45 minutes, along with pair/group exercises & sharing to deepen your experience. These practices are ancient, but I keep it simple and relevant.

The first day on Saturday we leave Shinjuku at 7:45 am and arrive at 11:20am. We'll have lunch, meditation sessions, dinner and onsen. The second day we will wake up early for morning chanting at Kuonji temple, breakfast, meditate more, and hike up towards Minobu-san (easy hike). We head back to Shinjuku at 330pm on Sunday.

The temple stay (shukubo) has an onsen and breakfast/dinner are included. Maximum 10 spots.

🔍 Details:

• View our schedule here!
• Location: Kakurinbo Temple, Yamanashi
• Date: Saturday March 1st - Sunday the 2nd
• Price: 48,000 yen (https://buy.stripe.com/bIYbJ49Jl1HR9Ms7tq) (round trip bus transportation included!)

🧘‍♂️🥾 What’s Included:

• Guided meditations and hiking
• Round trip bus transportation from Shinjuku
• 1 night stay in a spacious room (shared room)
• 2 Vegetarian Meals - breakfast and dinner
• Onsen
• Cushions/chairs for meditation
• Digital detox - we will take your phones on the 1st day, so please prepare to be completely offline
• Silence during the meditation sits

❌ Not Included:

• Lunch meals - please buy your own lunch when we get there for Saturday and Sunday. We will go to a local izakaya w/ plenty of options.
• Insurance

💳 Price & How to RSVP:

The Price for the retreat is 48,000 yen. Please RSVP and make your payment directly by bank transfer at this link here within 3 days or by credit card here.

Rooms are spacious and shared with 1-2 attendees of the same sex. But if you want a private room, please message me, and it will cost extra.

Note: You can RSVP last minute but there is no promise we can buy you a bus ticket. In which case you can take the train, which takes around the same amount of time.

On refunds: Full refund up to 7 days before the retreat. Cancel 3-6 days before and 50% refund. No refund if you cancel with less than 3 days notice.

📍Getting there & back:

Meet at the Shinjuku Expressway Bus terminal at 7:20 am on March 1st. Directions are here. Arrive early please!

We will take the Shinjuku expressway bus Shinjuku to Minobu-san at 745am on March 1st, arriving at 11:30am. It’s about a 3 hour 20 minute bus ride (there is a bathroom on board).

We leave from Minobu san to Shinjuku at 330pm on March 2nd the following day, arriving at Shinjuku around 7pm. I will get your roundtrip ticket once you confirm your RSVP and pay.

🧳 What to bring:

• Warm sweaters and hoodies
• Comfortable hiking shoes
• Hat/beanie
• Sweatpants for meditation
• Water bottle
• A flashlight (for the early morning temple hike)
• An open heart and mind

📩 Questions?
Message Misha on Meetup directly or email at misha@tokyomindfulness.com

👤 About your teacher:
Misha Yurchenko is a Tokyo-based certified, trauma-informed meditation teacher with 10+ years of experience. He has spent time on retreat around the world and practiced a range of techniques. After experiencing extreme burnout from his venture-funded startup, he founded Tokyo Mindfulness and is dedicated to helping others break free from themselves. He takes an integrated and practical approach combining meditation, breathwork, and nervous system healing to help people let go of the ego, release old habit patterns and find inner freedom. He is the author of several books and lives in Nerima with his family.

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