[Tagging] Religious landuse?

[John Willis]

Sure - the land is all owned by the temple. The schools are run by the temple. The private residence is the monks residence. He lives next to and operates the temple.  In Japan, "next to" usually means attached or less than 1m separating the buildings. As many functions are jammed together. Many "suburban" temples operate in this manner. Same with the gardens. They are operated as an attraction of the temple, but they are not a temple. The nicer temples have some kind of grounds around them that could be considered gardens, and some even charge access to them.

The "grounds" of Narita-San temple near the main airport is the size of a small college, there are 4 or 5 main Buddhist and Shinto buildings, cemeteries, Shinto gates, a religious trinket souvenir shop, large event grounds, and a massive forest with walking paths, 2 lakes, a few flower gardens, and grassy fields, with monuments, shinto shrines, and other small things scattered throughout the grounds. It is all a single place, operated by the monks and priests that live or work there. For the past 1100 years (it was founded around 900ad). It all has a single outer wall or barrier, and is considered the "Naritasan temple grounds" 

My boss is a monk, and his residence is adjacent to the temple and part of the temple land and temple grounds ( meaning, it is inside the walls of the temple, accessible only by going to the temple) but the average temple visitor would never actually go in there. 

Just like the kitchens in Disneyland - they are part of Disneyland, but a patron would never expect to enter - but they are undeniably part of "Disneyland" 

Javbw 
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> On Jul 17, 2014, at 1:05 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Am 16/lug/2014 um 14:42 schrieb John Willis <johnw at mac.com>:
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>> Next to my house is another temple with a giant cemetery, temple building, bell tower, private residence, and a public garden. The temple certainly is a place of worship, the garden is not.
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> Could you expand the idea that the private residence or the public garden should be landuse = religious ? Is this based on ownership by a religious institution, or are there more connections?
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> cheers,
> Martin
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