{"id":631481,"date":"2026-04-26T06:06:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T06:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/631481\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T06:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T06:06:21","slug":"joren-ji-ossuary-oooarchitecture-archdaily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/631481\/","title":{"rendered":"Joren-ji Ossuary \/ OOOarchitecture | ArchDaily"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"js-image-size__link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1040550\/joren-ji-ossuary-oooarchitecture\/69e607f61afd7001889143c9-joren-ji-ossuary-oooarchitecture-photo\" rel=\"attachment nofollow noopener\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Joren-ji Ossuary \/ OOOarchitecture - Exterior Photography\" data-nr-picture-id=\"69e607f61afd7001889143c9\" fetchpriority=\"high\" height=\"424\" itemprop=\"image\" loading=\"eager\" longdesc=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1040550\/joren-ji-ossuary-oooarchitecture\/69e607f61afd7001889143c9-joren-ji-ossuary-oooarchitecture-photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/joren-ji-ossuary-oooarchitecture_23.jpg\" style=\"min-height: var(--featured-height, auto); aspect-ratio: auto 640 \/ 424\" width=\"640\"\/><\/a>\u00a9 Yosuke Harigane<\/p>\n<p class=\"thumbs afd-desktop-e clearfix\"><a class=\"thumbs__link\" data-nr-picture-id=\"69e607f463f5ef01884fe15c\" href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1040550\/joren-ji-ossuary-oooarchitecture\/69e607f463f5ef01884fe15c-joren-ji-ossuary-oooarchitecture-photo\" rel=\"attachment nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Joren-ji Ossuary \/ OOOarchitecture - 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As Japan&#8217;s regional communities face population decline and changing burial customs, temples are increasingly required to rethink how spaces for remembrance are built and used. 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