Amenities

The Zendo provides two hot meals a day (breakfast and

dinner), and ingredients for lunch to be prepared by the

attendants themselves. Tea and coffee are available all

day. The Zendo has Japanese-style furnishing, which

means you will sleep in Sodo(meditation hall) on a Tatami surface with a sleeping mat and you will sit on cushions on the floor for meals.

 

• Shared Western-style bathrooms (private)

• Shared shower (private)

• Shared kitchen

• Washing machine

• Japanese-style dining/living room (shared)

• Body soap, shampoo

• Towels

• All students sleep in Sodo (meditation room)

 

In deciding what clothes to bring, it is preferable to have different ones for sitting zazen and for work: clothes for zazen should be loose-fitting, those for work should be comfortable for movement.

 

You have plenty of free time during the day. You can hike around the Zendo and enjoy beautiful views of Mt. Chokai, visit the town of Yashima or relax at the Zendo.