Experience temple culture yourself! 5 Recommended Shukubo in Osaka

This shukubo is just a 5 minute walk from Suita Station. It was built in 735 and is famous for holding memorials for fetuses that have passed away. Here the shukubo is called Enmeikaku. While you can stay in a calm Japanese-style room with tatami mat flooring, smoking inside and drinking alcohol in general is prohibited. The recommended activity at this temple is yoga. Before yoga, you greet the enshrined deity, then after the "otsutome," in which sutras are chanted, you practice genuine yoga. It's held at 8:00 pm on the first and third Fridays on every month, and after yoga on the first Friday, they hold events like Buddhist sermons and meisou meditation, so please check the schedule beforehand.

This temple was built surrounded by nature in 661 near the border between the southern part of Osaka and Wakayama. It's a famous episode opened by En no Gyoja as a place for Shugendo, a practice in which one secludes themselves in a mountain for ascetic practices for spiritual enlightenment. Many people from all around the country visit especially for the ascetic waterfall in which they can participate in "misogi," or the act of purifying oneself in water from a waterfall, river, ocean, etc. However, the only people that can participate in misogi are people who take the Inunakisan Nyutaki etiquette instruction course. First-timers can try participating in the one-day Shugendo experience held every third Sunday of the month. However, this is a sacred Shugendo area. Of course, getting under the waterfall without permission is forbidden. Actual Shugendo is very strict, with no conversations allowed and any injuries are your own responsibility. It's not something to undertake just out of interest. The shukubo at this temple is called Hakuunkaku.
*The one-day Shugendo experience is not held between December and February

This temple in the northern area of the heart of Osaka was built in 727 and is famous for blessings regarding winning games or battles. You can stay at their shukubo called Ochokaku. The guestroom, surrounded by nature, is enveloped in silence that will calm your heart. Also, the big public bath is popular. Every third Sunday of the month at 6:00 am they have an early morning zazen meditation and rice gruel session, so if you're interested please wake up early and try it!