Shojin ryori is a cuisine made without meat or fish, based on the Buddhist principle of forbidding killing. The food is prepared using locally sourced, seasonal ingredients, with care taken to minimize waste.
It is also important to cook with the people who will be eating it in mind. For this reason, there is a wide variety of dishes, many of which are visually stunning.
Here we have compiled a list of syukubo (temple stay) that are popular for their shojin ryori cuisine, sorted by region.
Kanto area
Taiyoji temple stay (Saitama) | Syogakuji temple stay (Saitama) |
Chubu area
Eiheiji Hakujukan temple stay (Fukui) | Soujiji-Soin temple stay (Ishikawa) | Kasuisai temple stay (Shizuoka) |
Hokoji temple stay (Shizuoka) | Eisyoji temple stay (Gifu) | Tyosyoji temple stay (Nagano) |
Zenkoji (Chubu area)
Fuchinobo temple stay (Nagano) | Konokonbo temple stay (Nagano) | Yakuoin temple stay (Nagano) |
Gyokusyoin temple stay (Nagano) | Jochiin temple stay (Nagano) | Kichizyoin temple stay (Nagano) |
Minobu (Chubu area)
Kakurinbo temple stay (Yamanashi) | Shimanobo temple stay (Yamanashi) | Habanobo temple stay (Yamanashi) |
Kansai area
Koyasan (Kansai area)
Chugoku area
Nisonin temple stay (Yamaguchi) | ShimizuDaishiji temple stay (Shimane) | Koyokan temple stay (Shimane) |
Syokinkan temple stay (Shimane) | Kotakuji temple stay (Tottori) | Sanrakuso temple stay (Tottori) |
Kyushu area
Monjusenji temple stay (Oita) | Fukinoto temple stay (Oita) | Ryokoji temple stay (Kumamoto) |