is a Tenrikyo-based shinshūkyō (Japanese new religion) that was organized by its founder, , as a successor organization of Ōkanmichi. It is currently based within the grounds of a religious facility called in Ōtawara, Tochigi Prefecture. Although the organization's name is often shortened to , this should not be confused with the previous name of the Kawaramachi Grand Church under the administration of Tenrikyo, which was also called Shidōkai.
History Kanrodai Reiri Shidōkai separated from Ōkanmichi on 2 November 1975 under the leadership of Saitō Toshio. Within the Tenrikyo-inspired religious traditions in Japan, it is treated under the subgroup of Honmichi-Tenri Kami no Kuchiake Basho-based religious sects.Formation of New Sects from Tenri-kyo Focusing on the Succession to Charismas: Religion of Place and Religion of Revelator by Matsui, Keisuke (page 72) "梅次郎は大西と同様に、天啓を出すことによって終末論的な世直しを襟傍し、国家と対峙する姿勢をみせていたが、1938(昭和13)年の治安維持法違反事件による検挙と1941(昭和16)年の梅次郎の死によって、天理神之口開場所は壊滅的な打撃を受けた。しかし梅次郎により「甘露水さづけ」、を受けていた信者たちは敗戦後にそれぞれが教団を再興し、現在「天理神之口明場所系教団」は十数教団あり、それらの教団の多くは梅次郎を教祖または開祖として位置付け、それぞれ梅次郎による天啓や遺言、遺品などをもとに梅次郎の後継者としている24)。" [Umejirō, just like Ōnishi Aijirō, advocated to fix the doomsday-ish world by declaring tenkei (divine revelation) and imposed himself to express contention against the state, was prosecuted under the Peace Preservation Law in 1938 and brought doom to (his own) Tenri Kami no Kuchiake Basho through his death in 1941. However, followers who received 'kanromizu sazuke' by Umejirō, revived the religious organization individually after the Pacific War, therefore, around ten 'Tenri Kami no Kuchiake Basho-based organizations' exist; each of them consider Umejirō to be the central figure or founder, all considering themselves as successors of him based on memorializing his tenkei (divine revelation) or possessing his keepsakes.]
It moved its headquarters from Bandō, Ibaraki Prefecture to Ōtawara (now called Yamato Daijingū) in the late 2010s.
Another religious organization that was derived from Ōkanmichi is Kanrodai founded by .
Doctrine Unlike its mother organization, Ōkanmichi, it denies the concept of divine revelation.Formation of New Sects from Tenri-kyo Focusing on the Succession to Charismas: Religion of Place and Religion of Revelator by Matsui, Keisuke (page 72) "ところがこれらの諸教団の中で明確に自己が天啓者であることを主張しているのは，おうかんみちの江上寿胤(「ひょうたんの木甘露台」)だけであり，むしろ例外的とさえ言えるのである。それどころか甘露台霊理斯道会のように天啓者の存在を明確に否定する教団も誕生している。" [However, among the (Tenri Kami no Kuchiake Basho-derived) sects, only (Hyōtan no Ki Kanrodai) Egami Toshitane of Ōkanmichi claims that he was a tenkeisha (divine revelator), making it arguably an exception. Even sects like Kanrodai Reiri Shidōkai that clearly does not recognize the existence of a tenkeisha are created.] It regards the as an important ceremony that promotes the purification of one's soul. It treats human fetuses as reincarnated forms of ones' ancestors and avoids performing ceremonies for aborted fetuses.
Publications The following are published materials written by the religion's founder, Saitō Toshio: in 1984 in 1990 in 1991 in 1995 in 1998
Affiliation The religious corporation of Kanrodai Reiri Shidōkai is a member of the .
See also Kanrodai (Japanese new religion) Ōkanmichi
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