Best Shrines around Kansai Spot List

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

The head shrine of all Gion satellite shrines throughout Japan. Local residents call the shrine ”Gion-san.”

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

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

Pray for good health and matchmaking at this shrine built for subduing an epidemic

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

The head of Japan’s Kumano shrines—famous for matchmaking

A shrine to visit for breaking bad habits or starting good ones

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.

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 oldest shrine in Kyoto

A sacred place connected to Hideyoshi

Here resides the god who watches over Kyoto's kitchens

Dedicated to Toyo'uke-no-Omikami

Enshrines Japan's top Shinto deity

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

Renowned for its famous Somei spring water and bush clover flowers

The source of worship to Nachi Falls

Kudo-no-kami, the god of the kitchen, is enshrined here

This ancient temple contains the history of the Southern Dynasty