Influences of COVID-19 on Religious Activities in Japan Findings from Online Surveys on Buddhist Temples

シンガタ　コロナ　ウイルス　ガ　モタラシタ　ジイン　カツドウ　ヘノ　エイキョウ　ジイン　ムケ　ウェブ　チョウサ　ヨリ

タカセ, アキノリ

Takase, Akinori

シュウキョウ ト シャカイ コウケン ケンキュウカイ

ウェブ調査

葬送儀礼

小規模化

寺院活動

COVID-19

online survey

funeral services

religious activities

COVID-19 not only threatens our lives and health, but also influences our social lives. This paper shows that the changes in funerals and annual memorial services, and influences on temple activities, based on two online surveys for Buddhist temples which were conducted in May 2020 and December 2020. According to the results of the series of online survey, funerals and memorial service are becoming smaller, simplified funeral such as one-day funeral is increasing significantly in the Tokyo metropolitan area. In addition, home-visiting services, such as Tsuki-mairi and Bon-mairi, are not really affected by COVID-19, while monthly events and annual events tend to be canceled. It is expected that the smaller funeral service will influence bereaved family in terms of grief care and the current religious activities in each temple will have an impact on Danka Seido, temple-parishioner system, after COVID-19.