Best Shrines around Kansai Spot List

A famous shrine that plays a central role in the Gion Festival

The inner sanctuary is the oldest example of Shinto architecture in Japan

A shrine affiliated with boars and protection for the lower body

The oldest shrine in Kyoto

Famous for its deity of scholarship

The source of worship to Nachi Falls

This ancient temple contains the history of the Southern Dynasty

A shrine to the south of the imperial palace for gods who offer directional protection

Having many children themselves, rabbits symbolize safe child-rearing here

The head shrine of all the Kasuga-jinja shrines all over Japan, it is located on Mt. Mikasa, which has been treated as a sacred area since ancient times. In 2018, the shrine commemorated its 1,250th anniversary.

The shrine to the north of the main hall of Kiyomizu-dera Temple, whose spirit is worshipped as a deity of marriage. A pair of guardian stones in the grounds known as ”Koi uranai-no-Ishi” dates back to the Jomon period.

A shrine famous for its ”Wedded Rocks”

This lushly green shrine faces Midosuji boulevard and is more than 1600 years old

Enshrines Japan's top Shinto deity

An old shrine known as “Ebessan” to Osaka’s merchants

A shrine for a popular matchmaking deity and associated with the puppet play “Sonezaki Shinju”

The homeland of a goddess at Ise Grand Shrine, located in the old Tango Province

Famous for its strange festival, the Kurama Fire Festival

The traditional god of learning

Formerly Kumano Hayatama Taisha Shrine, this shrine is located on the grounds where Kumano’s three deities descended