Wheelchair Access to Main Sanctuary, Foundress Sanctuary, and Memorial Hall

--Elevators--

Elevators to access the main sanctuary are located to the east and west of the sanctuary.

Wheelchairs for indoor use (free to use) are located next to the elevators. You are asked to leave your outdoor wheelchairs behind, near the elevators, while using the indoor wheelchairs. 

Operating Hours: 90 minutes before morning service to Closing of Inner Courtyard*

*Closing of Inner Closeyard takes place after the evening service; however, the time varies and there is no predetermined time frame. 

Accessible Bathrooms

Key Tip! When asking a Japanese person for a bathroom, ask for a "toilet." In Japanese, "bathroom" is a room with a bathtub.

--Near Main Sanctuary--

Along the corridor, there is an accessible bathroom located in the Foundress' Hall 3 (near Memorial Hall). Hours: 90 minutes before morning service - 30 minutes before closing the Inner Courtyard. 

On the ground level, accessible bathrooms are located in the vicinity of the elevator and in Precincts Office West Station. 

Accessible bathrooms are also located within the ramp entrance building (see above for hours). 

--Inside Oyasato Yakata Area--   (see map below)

The accessible bathroom located next to Dining Hall 1 is open 24 hours a day.

Other bathrooms (Tea Service Center, East Lecture Hall, inside Yakata buildings) are open from roughly 9 AM to 3:30 PM (please note that time varies). 

An accessible bathroom located alongside Tenri Main Street (Hondori, Google map link) is open during the hours of 6 AM to 6 PM during the summer and 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM during the winter. 

--Around the City of Tenri--

An accessible bathroom is available for public use in the Social Welfares Section office building, located 140 yards east of Tenri Station (Google map link). It is open on weekdays between 9 AM to 4:30 PM (during the time when the Kagura Service is being performed, the office will be closed; for the remainder of the day, the office will be open, regardless of the day of the week).

There are also accessible bathrooms located on the northern and southern ends of Tenri Station Plaza. 

Accessible bathrooms located inside Church Headquarters parking lots and the Bus Loading Area are generally open only on the 25th and 26 of each month, as well as April 17 and 18.