Koya-san
Seems my luck is holding out! I went down to the prayer session this morning which was interesting. Afterwards I was invited on a tour by one of the monks and agreed to come along although I would have to leave at 3 to get to Hiroshima before too late.
Not only did we get a guided tour but we were filmed by a Japanese TV crew who were making a program on the foreign interest in Koya-san so I may appear on Japanese TV.
The tour was very deep which meant it was hard to take it all in but was really interesting and the monk leading us even lead us in some chants and prayers at some points. We even prayed to Kobo-Daishi, Koya-san`s founder. The guide, Kurt Genzo, was very interesting and well-informed on the area and history and said he`d been studying there for 9 years. We were lucky as we got to take in some of the decoration that had been put up the day before for Kobo-Daishi`s birthday which was pretty awesome.
I left the tour and headed to Hiroshima. My room here feels kinda sleazy after the grandeur and majesty of the temple at Koya-san although the coin operated porn channel on the TV really made me laugh.