Japan's first interfaith marriage agency specializing in successors to temples and shrines Grand opening of "Terasya no Enmikazuchi" in August!

Life Partners, Inc. (Setagaya-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Yoshihiko Tsumori), which operates a marriage counseling service business, has been offering "Terasha no Enmiki," Japan's first marriage support counseling service specializing in priests/priestesses of all denominations and nationwide, as a pre-test operation for about 18 months since last January, to men and women who are successors to temples and shrines nationwide and It provided marriage counseling specializing in men and women who wish to marry these people.

The response was better than expected, with 10 successful marriages per year and 10 people marrying successors to temples in just one and a half years.

The staff fully mastered the unique sectarian circumstances of temples and shrines, and the demands and challenges of successor male and female monks and successor women, which they have cultivated over the past year and a half.

The three staff members have also gained confidence through their various experiences, and will launch "En-musubi at Temples and Shrines" in earnest in August 2024.

The temple-shrine marriage matchmaking logo

■Is marriage to heirs of temples and shrines stable?

The number of bankruptcies among private companies in Japan reached 8,881 in FY2023, the highest level in nine years.

The average life span of companies that went bankrupt in 2022 was "23.3 years.

As of 2022, there were 40,769(*2) long-established companies in Japan that have been in business for more than 100 years, indicating that only 1.1% of companies last more than 100 years.

There are 76,380 Buddhist temples and 84,120 Shinto shrines in Japan(*1).

On the other hand, among temples and shrines, many of the traditional religions (Soto-shu, Jodo-shu, Jodo Shinshu, Nichiren-shu, Shingon-shu, etc.) have existed for more than 100 years, some for more than 800 years.

In light of these data, marriage to the heirs of long-established temples and shrines (both as a bride and as a son-in-law) can be considered a good marriage with the prospect of stability in the future.

Voice of the operator of "Enmusubi at Temples and Shrines

The following are the thoughts of Tsumori, representative of Life Partners, operator of "En-musubi at Terasha.

In talking with priests and Shinto priests with whom he has a close relationship, he learned that there is a serious shortage of suitable partners for single priests and Shinto priests, that in some cases temples are handed over when there is no successor (depending on the religious sect), and that shrines are also dispatched with different priests from the Shinto Shrine Authority. He wanted to support the continuation of temples and shrines so that the successors of temples and shrines that have taken root in the local community for hundreds of years would not die out.

*1 According to the 2022 edition of the Religion Yearbook of the Agency for Cultural Affairs

*2 Based on a survey by Tokyo Shoko Research, Inc.

3 According to "March 2023 Company Sample Survey (National Tax Agency)" and "Final Income Tax, Consumption Tax, and Gift Tax Returns for the Year 2022

While the percentage of unmarried men and women in general is increasing, the same is true for the successors of temples and shrines, and this is the reason why temples and shrines are facing a crisis in their survival.

Successors have been searching for spouses by registering on marriage activity websites or at general marriage agencies, but it is difficult to find a partner in the priesthood or Shinto priesthood profession on the same playing field as company employees, civil servants, and professionals or executives, and they tend to have difficulty in achieving a successful marriage.

Only men and women who are successors to a temple or shrine and men and women who wish to meet and marry the successors of that temple or shrine are eligible to register in the temple matchmaking service.

■Rationale for the high marriage rate

The probability of marriage is very high because both parties are registered with the understanding that they are successors of temples and shrines, and that they wish to meet successors of temples and shrines.

The staff includes counselors with more than 10 years of experience, including a marriage counselor with 24 years of experience, and one counselor is in charge of both men and women.

The counselors know each other's strengths and weaknesses and can provide accurate advice, which is the reason why so many couples have successfully married.

Grand Opening Campaign

<Registration Fee

Regular price: 55,000 yen

Campaign Price: 44,000 yen

Discount rate : 20

<Marriage fee in case of marriage (men and women from temples and shrines)＞

List Price ： 550,000 yen

Campaign Price ： 495,000 yen

Discount rate ： 10

<Marriage fee in the case of a successful marriage (man and woman of the other party)＞

List Price ： 300,000 yen

Campaign Price：297,000 yen

Discount rate: 10

In addition to the above, a monthly membership fee of 16,500 yen is required. (The above prices include consumption tax.)

About Life Partners, Inc.

After incorporation in 2008, released "Home Supplement", a housing site transaction business in 2010, "Marriage Supplement", a marriage counseling service in 2014, and "Mama Mirai Zu", a support site for single mothers.2023Launched a new service, "Tera Sha no Enkou", using the know-how and experience from marriage counseling services.

The company is engaged in the business of supporting life's milestones, including marriage, housing arrangements, and insurance reviews.

Location ：7-53-7 Okusawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

Representative: Yoshihiko Tsumori, Representative Director

Phone ：03-3703-7110

E-mail address : tsumori.life@gmail.com

Establishment ：April 2008

Business : Life insurance agency, building lots and buildings transaction business, marriage support business

Reference materials

Terasha no Enmusubi Landing Page ： https://jishanoen.jp/

Enmusubi homepage for temples and shrines ： https://jishanoen.com

Terasha-no-Renminkai EC site ： https://jishanoen.official.ec

Video introducing "Enmusubi" of temples and shrines ： https://youtu.be/1y8k07AwUBQ

Members-only website for Enmusubi of Temples and Shrines ： https://jishanoen.net/