The temple is registered as a youth hostel. The International Zen Centre Kyoto is situated in Inukai, a rather rural municipality surrounded by rice fields and mountains, which belongs to Kameoka, a western suburb of Kyoto. We need to know your name, address, date of arrival and proposed length of stay. Please bring along comfortable clothes in muted colours suitable for Zazen. You further need personal items like pyjama, towels, toilet things, etc.
Daily routine is handled flexibly depending on the occasion.
He is a layman as are most of his students. Training is strict, with regular attendance expected. Practice is a mixture of Rinzai and Soto methods, with zazen done facing the wall, but with koan , or Zen riddles, employed and a certain emphasis on satori, as in Rinzai. Nightly zazen is organised while zazenkai are held on the second and fourth weekends of the month. The San'un Zendo is closely associated with the Diamond Sangha in Hawaii, which is headed by Robert Aitken Roshi.