Best Shrines around Kansai Spot List

The main shrine hall is a national treasure with droves of people lining up for the New Year’s shrine visit at “Sumiyossan”

Inherit Hikaru Genji's luck in love

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

A shrine affiliated with boars and protection for the lower body

A sacred place connected to Hideyoshi

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

Dedicated to Toyo'uke-no-Omikami

A guardian deity of water with miraculous virtue worshipped since ancient times. The shrine has been worshipped for better luck marriage by countless people through the ages, including nobles.

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

A shrine famous for its ”Wedded Rocks”

The head shrine of all the Inari-jinja shrines across Japan. Its approximately 1,000 photogenic torii gates (an archway to a Shinto shrine) attract many visitors.

Known for its god that brings economic blessings

The traditional god of learning

The head Kumano shrine where various Kumano deities are worshiped

Famous for its cherry blossoms and being one of Kyoto’s three Kumano Shrines

The source of worship to Nachi Falls

Boasts an amazing stage modeled after a lion mask

The head shrine of all the Tenman-gu shrines in Japan, affectionally called ”Kitano no Tenjin-san.” The shrine is dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane.

Famous for its strange festival, the Kurama Fire Festival

Enshrines Japan's top Shinto deity