It was a special experience to spend the night at a Buddhist temple. From the architecture to the landscaping it was beautiful, clean, quiet and peaceful. The photo of the garden was taken from the balcony off of our room, the other photo is of the courtyard at the front of the temple.
Upon checking in, we were asked to leave our shoes at the entrance and put on slippers which they provided. Our room was on the third floor at the end of a hall. Before entering your room you must take off your slippers. The floor of the room was covered in tatami mats and divided into three parts. The main part was for sleeping, where futons were laid out on the floor for us. The second partition (divided by sliding screen doors) had a low table for eating and doors out to the balcony. The third section was a small bathroom with just a sink. We shared toilets located down the hall but they had to be the cleanest toilet stalls I've ever seen with the fancy toilets you find all over Japan (heated seats, deoderizers and all sorts of automated bidee functions). There was a communal hot bath to use downstairs if you wanted to take a full bath. We were also provided with a small gas space heater in our room which produced a lot of heat, like sitting in front of a fire, and a water boiler in case we wanted to have tea. Our stay included breakfast and dinner in the dining hall downstairs.
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