Best Shrines Spot List

“I have come to this land and my heart is sugasugashi (refreshed).” Suga Shrine is the tutelary shrine of 18 towns in Yotsuya, Tokyo.

Wish upon the matchmaking deity for success in love

Benzaiten, one of the seven lucky gods of Asakusa, is enshrined, and is said to bring benefits such as business success

A shrine where the god for safe sea travel is enshrined has been respected by people. Many important cultural properties of the ward are preserved in the shrine ground.

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

Boasts an amazing stage modeled after a lion mask

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

Known for its god that brings economic blessings

Atago Shrine is a scenically situated shrine perched 26 meters above sea level atop Mount Atago.

Ohyama Afuri Shrine is located on the top of Mt. Oyama. This historical shrine has been worshiped by common people as well as many military commanders in the past.

Founded in 1895 for the 1,100th anniversary of the relocation of the capital city to the Heian-kyo, the shrine reproduces the Imperial Palace of the Heian-kyo. It enshrines Emperor Kanmu and Emperor Komei.

The thatched Haiden hall is magnificent

An historic shrine favored as a place of rest and relaxation by locals

This ancient temple contains the history of the Southern Dynasty

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

A well-known shrine for its Chichibu Night Festival. Chichibu shrine enshrines several gods and has a history of over 2,100 years.

This is a historical shrine established about 1,500 years ago. The gods for a good marriage match and family harmony are enshrined.

A shrine that has a beautiful vermilion-lacquered shrine pavilion from the Edo period. It is also called Sanja Gongen (in honor of three men who founded the temple), and the Sanja Matsuri held in May is one of the Three Great Festivals of Edo (now Tokyo).

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

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.