Koyasan Memorial Service

Sharing Prayers, Living Together

Koyasan's Goma fire ritual delivers your heartfelt thoughts.

Here lies a new way to connect with your precious loved ones.

A time of renewal, walking together with companions who share the same pain—

September 27th, a memorial service where the communion of life transforms into the strength to live.

7th Koyasan Memorial Service for Life "Inochi no Kyoki" (Resonance of Life)

The grief of losing someone precious through suicide, accident, illness, or other causes cannot be expressed in words.

The Wakayama Sharing Circle "Ume no Hana" will hold a memorial service this year for the communion of "life" with the deceased.

• 🕒 Date & Time: Saturday, September 27th, Reiwa 7 (2025), 12:00-13:00 (Indoor venue, held rain or shine)
• 📍 Location: Koyasan University Daibodai-in (385 Koyasan, Koya-cho, Ito-gun, Wakayama Prefecture)

• 💠 Attendance: Participation fee 1,000 yen
• 💠 Goma prayer service only (letters/messages to the deceased): 500 yen

About Goma Prayer Service

A ritual that delivers our "thoughts and feelings" to Buddha and the deceased through fire.

Anyone can participate regardless of religion or denomination.

※This memorial service is supported by grants from Byodo-ji Temple, the 22nd temple of the Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage.

※Sponsored by: Koyasan University, Wakayama Certified Psychologist Association, Wakayama Clinical Psychologist Association

👉 For details, please visit Koyasan University Event Information