Premium Dinner
The best marriage experience of Nagano’s food and wine
Zenkoji Temple Special Experience
Event Schedule for the Day
Flow of the Day
★:Religious Ceremony
Gathering
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Tour of Zenkoji Main Hall
The tour will be guided in English by the resident priest of Zenkoji.
Locations to Visit: Sanmon Gate, Main Hall Binzuru Sonja,
Inner Sanctum Worship, Okai-dan Tour, Lecture Hall (or Sutra Hall)
★ Tokubetsu Hoyo(Special Memorial Service)
→ The resident priest will offer prayers to the Buddha on behalf of everyone present. This will include special words of prayer exclusive to this event.
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Break and move to the Zenkoji Daibonguan
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Tour of Zenkoji Daibongan
Locations to Visit: Omoteshoin, Meishoden
★ Oai(Meeting)
→ The priest of Daibongan will come forth to speak and share some words with us.
★ Oteido(Tonsure Ceremony)
→ Participants will receive a ritual of shaving the head (Teihatsu Tokudo) and be bestowed with a Dharma name. This ceremony is regarded as equivalent to undergoing a long and rigorous training period, marking the individual as a disciple of the Buddha (ordination). The Dharma name is selected from two auspicious Chinese characters found in Buddhist texts, and each participant will receive their own name along with an explanation of its meaning.
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Break and move to the Zenkoji Daikanjin
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Tour of Zenkoji Daikanjin
Location to Visit: Goma-do
★Goma Kigan(Goma Prayer)
→ This is a ritual where you place wooden plaques with your wishes into the flame in front of the main deity and pray for those wishes to come true. The “flame of wisdom” refers to the fire that enables correct judgment, and this flame extinguishes the causes preventing your wishes from being fulfilled, as well as the troubles that burden you.
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Break and move to the Zenkoji Daikanjin Shiunkaku
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Premium Dinner
Enjoy a premium dinner in collaboration with the manga “The Drops of God.”
Meals will be supervised by Marriott Hotel, and local Nagano wines will be served.
Wine explanations will be provided by Mr. Hanaoka.
※ Please note that the schedule for the day is tentative and subject to change.
Meals & Beverages
For guests with allergies, please indicate your needs in the designated section
of the application form and consult with us in advance.
Please note that it will be difficult to accommodate requests made on the day of the event.
Additionally, all meals will be prepared in the same kitchen using the same utensils.
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This event utilized the Japan Tourism Agency’s “Inbound consumption expansion and quality improvement promotion project by providing special experiences, etc.”