Stays & temple lodging · Shimogyo
東本願寺・同朋会館
Dobokaikan is a training facility inside Higashi Honganji that offers overnight stays to people visiting for Shinshu Honbyo bone-enshrinement, Otani ancestral-mausoleum interment, or a kieishiki name-receiving rite. The charge is 10,000 yen per person and 5,000 yen for elementary-school children and younger, including breakfast but not dinner. Curfew is 22:00, check-in is 14:00–16:30, and check-out is by 10:00.
Good to know before you go
- Practical
- At Higashi Honganji Dobokaikan, guests are asked to join the morning service from 7:00, followed by a Dharma talk. ↗
- Etiquette & rules
- At Higashi Honganji Dobokaikan, the curfew is 22:00, when the gate is locked. ↗
- Etiquette & rules
- At Higashi Honganji Dobokaikan, drinking alcohol inside the building is strictly prohibited. ↗
- Etiquette & rules
- At Higashi Honganji Dobokaikan, after 22:00 is sleeping time; please do not talk outside the rooms. ↗
- Booking
- Checked the Higashi Honganji Dobokaikan official lodging guide page and main site home page on 25 October 2026; no cancellation rule for the lodging plan was found. ↗
- Etiquette & rules
- Checked the Higashi Honganji Dobokaikan official lodging guide page and main site home page on 25 October 2026; no rule on tattoos in the bath was found. ↗
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