Also called kanjōin 潅頂院. The hall used to conduct the ceremony to confer the basic precepts and mystic teachings of Esoteric Buddhism, mikkyō 密教, on young men who are to be trained as Buddhist priests. An important part of the ceremony is the pouring of water over the young men's heads as part of their initiation rites. Kanjō are known to have existed at Mt. Kōya 高野, Wakayama Prefecture, the headquarters of the Shingon 真言 sect, and at Jingoji 神護寺 in Kyoto. Only one Shingon sect kanjōdō still exists at Kyō'ōgokokuji 教王護国寺 (also called Tōji 東寺) in Kyoto. This building, called the Kanjōin 潅頂院, was rebuilt in 1634. The Tōhōki 東宝記 describes the original kanjōdō, at Mt. Kōya, as having been constructed in the twin hall style *narabidō 双堂, with a large main hall *shōdō 正堂, of 5×4 bays and a separate worship hall *raidō 礼堂. These two halls were connected by a passage-like hall called an *ai-no-ma 合の間.