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Honbō

Temple building where monks reside

Temples

Honbō (本坊) is the main building where monks sleep in a Buddhist temple. Along the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage trail, this term also designates the building that serves as pilgrim lodging (shukubō)

In English
Temple hall where the monks live
Other spellings
honbo · honbô

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Aizendō Bangai Bekkaku Chōzuya Daishidō Ema Fudasho Goshuin Hondō honzon Kaikan Kokubun-ji Niōmon Nōkyō Nōkyō-sho Okunoin Omamori Saiin Sanmon Shichidō garan Shōrō-dō Tahōtō Tōin Tsūyadō Yakushidō Rakugaki Zushi Waniguchi