shukubō

thumb|250x250px|Lodging in Mount Haguro|Hagurosan thumb|250x250px|The former lodging house at Yakuo-ji (Minami, Tokushima)|Yakuoji, the 23rd sacred site of The 88 sacred sites of Shikoku. A shukubo is a temple lodging in Japan that allows visitors to stay overnight within a Buddhist temple. Originally these facilities were designed to accommodate only monks and worshippers, but nowadays, in response to declining numbers of monk visitors, most facilities accept general tourists. Some temples, such as the ones in Mount Kōya, have open-air baths with onsen. Shukubo are now considered semi-secularized and in many towns are the only accommodations available.

== History == Originally, shukubo were used by bhikku and confraternities, and later by lay practitioners of Shugendō and mountain worship, and played major roles in the development of the latter two. At the foot of Mount Haguro there were once 336 shukubo all linked to Shugendō.