noun
temple office for offerings
Shinto term for the office within a shrine or temple that receives offerings and donations.
参拝者は納所でお賽銭を納めた。
Worshippers offered their monetary offerings at the temple office.
noun
land-tax storage office
Historical term for an office that stored land taxes, used in pre-modern administrative contexts.
江戸時代、納所は年貢を管理する役所だった。
In the Edo period, the nassho was an office that managed the annual land tax.