Shukubo
A shukubo (宿坊) is a temple lodging in Japan that allows visitors to stay overnight within a Buddhist temple.[1] Originally, these facilities were designed to accommodate only monks and worshippers, but nowadays, in response to declining numbers of monk visitors, most facilities accept general tourists.[2] Some temples, such as Mount Kōya, have open-air baths with onsen.[3] Shukubo are now considered semi-secularized and in many towns are the only accommodations available.[3]
History
Originally, shukubo were used by
Networks of shukubo began[when?] to develop in Ise, Shima, Toba, and Futami-ura in a decades long construction boom.[6]
In the Edo period, visits to temples and shrines became popular, including visits to Ise, Kotohira-gū, and Zenkō-ji. Lodging houses were built at major temples and shrines in each area to accommodate ordinary pilgrims and tourists, forming a kind of tourism business, with specific areas connected to specific lodging houses.[3]
In modern times, some shukubo have been converted into traditional inns and
Gallery
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Sakuramotobō
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Shōjin ryōri at Hagurosan Saikan
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Hagurosan Saikan Room
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Inside the Hagurosan Saikan lodging house (corridor and rooms)
See also
References
- JSTOR 1177798.
- ^ S2CID 165172176.
- ^ S2CID 216255881.
- JSTOR j.ctvvmxpt.12.
- S2CID 161091933.
- JSTOR j.ctv47w8vp.12.
- ^ デジタル大辞泉,世界大百科事典内言及. "宿坊(シュクボウ)とは? 意味や使い方". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-19.
External links
- Media related to Shukubo at Wikimedia Commons