Originally Posted by
pig on the wing
I did this and then stayed the night at one of the temples. It was extremely cool. Food was outstanding and all cooked with no meat (called shyojin yori or monk's food). Limited English spoken but enough to make it work. Staying in a working Buddhist monastery was pretty enlightening (though it wore off)!
Good point! I forgot about the lodging options... There is a phone number on that .pdf that helps set that up. If your doing the deadhead from NRT, you could get the company to pay for it as well as part of the deadhead travel. As far as being enlightened..... You will receive that on your deathbed... So you've got that going for you..