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3-Day Zazen Retreat in Shizuoka

- September 17 to 19, 2011 -

　We will hold our annual three-day Zazen Retreat, Zazen practice and lectures on Buddhism, at a temple in Shizuoka City from September 17 to 19, 2011. Instructions and lectures will be given in English by Gerhard Wolfram.
This will be our 27th annual retreat!
All interested persons are invited to attend and participate in the full, but not exhausting, schedule of Zazen practice, lectures, and meals taken in the traditional style. The quiet, tea-covered hills surrounding the temple provide a pleasant setting for a brief taste of Buddhist life. 

Dates: From Saturday, September 17, at 1 p.m. to Monday, September 19, at 2 p.m.

Schedule: click here
Place: Tokei-in (a Soto sect temple)
Address: 1840 Hatori, Shizuoka City, 421-12. Phone: 0542-78-9724
Lectures: There will be four lectures during the retreat. The lectures will focus on the teachings of Zen Master Dogen, who introduced Buddhism to Japan from China in the 13th century.
Cost: 13,000 yen excluding transportation fare
Clothes: Comfortable and non-revealing clothing are recommended for practicing Zazen. 
Deadline: Registration will be accepted at Dogen Sangha's Saturday meetings in Tokyo, or by email up to Saturday September 10th, 2011.
Transportation and directions
to the temple:
Shizuoka is about 180 km west of Tokyo, 1 hour or so from Tokyo by Tokaido Shinkansen (bullet train). A single one-way ticket costs about 6,180 yen. The easiest way to reach the temple is by taxi from the north exit of Shizuoka station. Tell the driver "Hatori no Tokei-in." Participants should plan to arrive by 12 o'clock. 

Most of the participants will be traveling to Shizuoka together from Tokyo.
We will meet at 9.30 am on Sept. 17 outside the outer ticket gate at the Yaesu Central Entrance (Yaesu-Chuo-Guchi) of JR Tokyo station, and then travel by the Tokaido-Shinkansen Hikari No. 467 train, leaving Tokyo station at 10:03 and stopping at Shizuoka at 11:12. You are welcome to join this group.

If you are going directly to Shizuoka, you can meet with the group coming from Tokyo outside the ticket barrier at the North Entrance at Shizuoka station at around 11:12.  

For further information and/or to sign up to attend:
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