The new place is adjacent to 'odabisho' (crematorium for Shinran) which is said to have been the Ennin-ji Temple in the southern part of Toribeno where the founder Shinran was cremated.
宗祖親鸞が荼毘に付された「鳥部野（とりべの）の南の辺、延仁寺」と伝わる「御荼毘所」に隣接する現在地を与えた。