Daijokyo Japanese Monastery

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Daijokyo Japanese Monastery:

  • Address: Bodh Gaya, Dist, Gaya, Bihar, India
  • Phone: 200747
  • Fax: 200407
  • Notes and Events:

Location: In Bihar Sate. Bodhgaya is 13km. from Gaya and auto-rickshaws shuttle back and forth. They start from the Kacheri in the city centre at Gaya. Buses depart less frequently.

The Japanese Monastery, next to the Karmapa monastery, is clean and comfortable but during the tourist season, November to late January, it can be packed out with Japanese tour groups. Your stay there is limited to three days. It has a very beautiful image of the Buddha brought from Japan; see Bodh Gaya page for the photo.