Reiyukai Shakaden Temple
Reiyukai worship and living sacred practice at Reiyukai Shakaden Temple
Minato City, Tokyo, Japan
Plan this visit
Practical context before you go
Allow enough time to avoid rushing worship, but do not remain in a way that blocks circulation or a service.
1-chōme-7-8 Azabudai, Minato City, Tokyo 106-0041. Confirm the route, accessibility, opening status, and event-day restrictions through the official site and exact map record before travel.
Enter quietly and treat services, prayer, funerals, and pastoral conversations as worship rather than performance. Sit only where visitors are invited and follow the community's directions about participation.
At a glance
- Coordinates
- 35.6611, 139.7422
- Type
- Religious Center
- Suggested duration
- Allow enough time to avoid rushing worship, but do not remain in a way that blocks circulation or a service.
- Access
- 1-chōme-7-8 Azabudai, Minato City, Tokyo 106-0041. Confirm the route, accessibility, opening status, and event-day restrictions through the official site and exact map record before travel.
Pilgrim tips
- Modest everyday clothing is appropriate; remove hats where the congregation requests it and respect reserved liturgical areas.
- Do not photograph services, worshippers, altars, or restricted interiors without permission from the institution.
- Do not improvise ritual, promise spiritual results, interrupt prayer, or handle devotional objects without invitation.
Overview
Reiyukai Shakaden Temple (霊友会釈迦殿) is an active Reiyukai sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference evidence, and a rights-cleared image of the site. Visit as a guest of a worshipping community: observe posted boundaries, keep rites and prayer unobstructed, and verify changing access information with the institution.
Reiyukai celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2020. we act for people We will promote “My Meddle”. We would like to express our deepest condolences to those who lost their lives in the 2020 Kumamoto Earthquake that occurred on July 28th, and extend our deepest sympathies to those affected. I also pray that everyone working in relief and recovery efforts in the disaster-stricken areas will be able to do so safely. 2026. 8. Shakaden is the headquarters sanctuary of Reiyukai, a lay Buddhist-derived new religious movement. Do not describe it as a conventional Buddhist temple or imply that its members speak for Buddhism generally. Pilgrim Map presents this site through documented identity and living religious practice, not through star ratings or promises of transformation. Architecture and historical associations can help orient a visit, but they do not replace the meaning made by worship, teaching, memorial practice, service, and care. Visitors should distinguish institutional tradition from independently documented history, especially where a foundation narrative, miraculous account, political memory, or popular origin claim is involved. Approach slowly, read the room before acting, and allow regular worshippers to set the pace.
Context and lineage
Reiyukai celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2020. we act for people We will promote “My Meddle”. We would like to express our deepest condolences to those who lost their lives in the 2020 Kumamoto Earthquake that occurred on July 28th, and extend our deepest sympathies to those affected. I also pray that everyone working in relief and recovery efforts in the disaster-stricken areas will be able to do so safely. 2026. 8.
Reiyukai Shakaden Temple belongs to the living Reiyukai context documented by its institutional and exact-entity sources.
Why this place is sacred
A map can show the threshold of Reiyukai Shakaden Temple; it cannot determine what the place means for every devotee. Quiet attention is more responsible than assigning a single mood, energy, or spiritual effect. Notice how people prepare to enter, where they pause, and which spaces remain protected, while avoiding imitation or intrusion.
The cited sources identify Reiyukai Shakaden Temple as an exact Reiyukai institution and provide the bounded historical context summarized here.
The site's present form reflects continuity as well as rebuilding, institutional change, and the work of successive communities. Specific claims are limited to the cited record.
Traditions and practice
Enter quietly and treat services, prayer, funerals, and pastoral conversations as worship rather than performance. Sit only where visitors are invited and follow the community's directions about participation.
Current practice and participation at Reiyukai Shakaden Temple follow the institution's own guidance. Do not infer permission from what another visitor does.
Notice the threshold, the order of movement, and the care given to sacred objects without turning observation into performance.
Reiyukai
ActiveReiyukai Shakaden Temple is an active Reiyukai place in Tokyo. Its sacred meaning belongs first to the worshipping community, its documented history, and its continuing care—not to popularity metrics.
Enter quietly and treat services, prayer, funerals, and pastoral conversations as worship rather than performance. Sit only where visitors are invited and follow the community's directions about participation.
Experience and perspectives
Begin with the site's present threshold rather than a checklist. Put away conversation and devices when worship is underway, yield to people making offerings or attending services, and accept closures without pressing for access. A respectful visit may be brief. Its value does not depend on witnessing a ceremony, entering every building, or producing photographs.
Use the official site and posted notices to distinguish public grounds from worship, residential, administrative, memorial, or conservation spaces.
Read Reiyukai Shakaden Temple through its living Reiyukai community alongside documented history, architecture, and urban context.
Institutional and exact-entity sources establish identity and bound the historical account. Unresolved or contested claims remain explicitly attributed.
According to its tradition, sacred meaning is encountered through worship, teaching, remembrance, and the relationships sustained by the community.
No paranormal, medical, therapeutic, or guaranteed transformative effect is claimed.
Visit planning
1-chōme-7-8 Azabudai, Minato City, Tokyo 106-0041. Confirm the route, accessibility, opening status, and event-day restrictions through the official site and exact map record before travel.
No lodging recommendation is made; use current, independent accessibility and accommodation information.
Enter quietly and treat services, prayer, funerals, and pastoral conversations as worship rather than performance. Sit only where visitors are invited and follow the community's directions about participation.
Modest everyday clothing is appropriate; remove hats where the congregation requests it and respect reserved liturgical areas.
Do not photograph services, worshippers, altars, or restricted interiors without permission from the institution.
Use only offering and donation channels authorized by Reiyukai Shakaden Temple; never leave substitute objects or food without permission.
Respect barriers, private rooms, protected fabric, sacred interiors, and any temporary restriction announced by staff.
Plan your visit
Address
日本、〒106-0041 東京都港区麻布台１丁目７−８
Phone
Hours
Hours, fees, and access can change — verify on the official source before you travel. Practical details last checked Aug 2026.
Nearby sacred places
Sacred places within a half-day’s reach. Pilgrims often visit them together: walk one, stay for the other.
References
Sources consulted when researching this page. Independent verification by readers is welcome.
- 01霊友会 — 霊友会釈迦殿high-reliability
- 02Reiyukai Shakaden Temple Google Maps place record — Google
- 03File:Reiyukai-Shakaden-01.jpg — Wikimedia Commons contributors
Key questions
What pilgrims usually ask
- Why is Reiyukai Shakaden Temple considered sacred?
- Visit Reiyukai Shakaden Temple with verified historical context, living Reiyukai significance, practical access notes, respectful etiquette, and cited sources.
- What should I wear at Reiyukai Shakaden Temple?
- Modest everyday clothing is appropriate; remove hats where the congregation requests it and respect reserved liturgical areas.
- Can I take photos at Reiyukai Shakaden Temple?
- Do not photograph services, worshippers, altars, or restricted interiors without permission from the institution.
- How long should I spend at Reiyukai Shakaden Temple?
- Allow enough time to avoid rushing worship, but do not remain in a way that blocks circulation or a service.
- How do you visit Reiyukai Shakaden Temple?
- 1-chōme-7-8 Azabudai, Minato City, Tokyo 106-0041. Confirm the route, accessibility, opening status, and event-day restrictions through the official site and exact map record before travel.
- What offerings are appropriate at Reiyukai Shakaden Temple?
- Use only offering and donation channels authorized by Reiyukai Shakaden Temple; never leave substitute objects or food without permission.
- What etiquette should visitors follow at Reiyukai Shakaden Temple?
- Enter quietly and treat services, prayer, funerals, and pastoral conversations as worship rather than performance. Sit only where visitors are invited and follow the community's directions about participation.
- What is the history of Reiyukai Shakaden Temple?
- Reiyukai celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2020. we act for people We will promote “My Meddle”. We would like to express our deepest condolences to those who lost their lives in the 2020 Kumamoto Earthquake that occurred on July 28th, and extend our deepest sympathies to those affected. I also pray that everyone working in relief and recovery efforts in the disaster-stricken areas will be able to do so safely. 2026. 8.