The Mountainous Sengyoji Temple and Indoor Mechanical Cemetery www.spoon-tamago.com

The architecture firm’s founder, Masahiro Harada, grew up in Shizuoka which is also home to the famous mountain.
Completed in June of 2018, the new Sengyoji Temple, located in Ikebukuro, is a towering 7-story structure that manages to maintain a certain modesty thanks to a blend of materials.
The 2nd – 6th floors have visitation rooms where, for a fee, families can store a miniature shrine dedicated to their ancestors.
Upon arrival, an ID card automatically triggers a mechanical system that fetches your family’s shrine and delivers it to the visitation room.
Harada manages to connect community, spirituality and nature all through architecture, creating a divine mountain temple in the middle of Tokyo.