Akuri (庫裏,lit. warehouse behind) or kuin (庫院,lit. warehouse hall) is thekitchen of aZenmonastery,[1] typically located behind thebutsuden (or, Buddha Hall). Historically thekuri was a kitchen which prepared meals only for the abbot and his guests, though in modernJapan it functions as the kitchen and administrative office for the entire monastery.[2][3]
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