Best Shrines Spot List

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

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

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

An old shrine that has continued to protect the northeast entry to Kyoto

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

Renowned for its famous Somei spring water and bush clover flowers

Hanazono-jinja Shrine in Shinjuku, loved by many as an urban oasis.

The head Kumano shrine where various Kumano deities are worshiped

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

This ancient temple contains the history of the Southern Dynasty

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 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).

Surrounded by the old-growth forest of Tadasu-no-Mori, the shrine has records that date back before Christ. It is also renowned as a spiritual place believed to bring good luck in romance.

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

Famous for its strange festival, the Kurama Fire Festival

Here resides the god who watches over Kyoto's kitchens

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

Dedicated to Toyo'uke-no-Omikami

Famous since the Edo period (1603–1868) for its god of business prosperity. Site of the largest Tori no Ichi open-air market in Japan.

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