Shinshō-ji

  • Site Map

Phone inquiries 084-988-1111(temple office)

    Experiences

    There is a meditation hall and a place for sutra copying (Hibutsu-dō) on the grounds. With a simple registration a basic experience of zazen or sutra copying is possible for anyone.

    Teahouse

    You can enjoy matcha (green tea) in a teahouse built in the style of the Omotesenke tea school. This teahouse can also be used for tea ceremony gatherings and so on.

    Gokan-dō (Shinshō-ji udon)

    You can eat udon in the same way as the unsui (training monks) do at a training hall of the Rinzai sect.

    Gankū-in (Café)

    Take a break from viewing the temple grounds and take your time looking at the peaceful garden while enjoying green tea.

    Bathhouse

    The bathhouse is one of the seven regular buildings of a traditional Zen temple. Take a bath to rejuvenate yourself after viewing the temple grounds.

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    Graveyard contact

    Contact Shinshō-ji International Zen Training Hall here

    Access

    Click here for a map

    91,Kamisanna, Numakuma-chō, Fukuyama-shi, Hiroshima-ken 720-0401 Japan
    Tomotetsu bus (direct bus, only weekend and holidays)
    Fukuyama station, bus terminal, bus stop #6, enter a bus heading for 『Miroku no Sato direct bus』 and get off at 「Shinshōji」

    Tomotetsu bus (regular bus)
    Fukuyama station, bus terminal, bus stop #6, enter a bus heading for 「Chitosebashi」,「Abuto」,「Tsuneishi」or「Utsuminyōkyō」and get off at 「Tenjinyama」. From there it is 15 minutes to walk.(We can pick you up at the 「Tenjinyama」bus stop. Please call us.)

    ※Please ask directly Tomotetsu bus for the boarding time etc.
    084-952-3100

    Sanyō Shinkansen (Bullet Train), Sanyō Main Line: 30 minutes by Tomotetsu Bus
    25 minutes from Fukuyama Station by car.
    Exit Miroku-no-sato - 3min

    Experiences and Relaxation

    Gokan-dō (Shinshō-ji udon)

    Information on the origins of and the way of eating Shinshō-ji udon.

    Gankū-in (Café)

    Enjoy green tea in an over 400 year-old thatched roof building moved to its present location from Eigen-ji.

    Bathhouse

    The bathhouse is one of the seven regular buildings of a traditional Zen temple. Visitors may take a bath there.

    About the admission fee

    About Shinshō-ji

    Shinshōji Zen Temple overview
    Introduction to Shinshōji Zen Temple (Rinzai sect Kennin-ji school)

    Temple office information
    Information on the Temple Office, designed by architect Fujimori Terunobu.

    Hibutsu-dō information
    An overview of the hall and how to use it.

    Shōshintei (Garden of the Appreciating Heart) information
    Information on Shinshō-ji's garden Shōshintei.