Best Shrines Spot List

Famous as a spiritual site believed to bring good luck in marriage

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

Dedicated to Toyo'uke-no-Omikami

Known for its god that brings economic blessings

A guardian shinto shrine in northern Shinagawa-shuku. Best known for its portable shrines during the annual Shinagawa Shrine Festival in June.

This is a popular shrine for enmusubi-mairi, praying for a good marriage match. Weathered, miniature Shinto shrines on the shrine grounds invite your profound interest.

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

This ancient temple contains the history of the Southern Dynasty

Renowned for its famous Somei spring water and bush clover flowers

A historical shrine with a solemn atmosphere built in Gongen-zukuri (style of Shinto architecture in which the main hall and worship hall share one roof). It is designated as National Important Cultural Property. Late April is the best period to see the Azaleas on the premises.

Here resides the god who watches over Kyoto's kitchens

A shinto shrine enshrining Mount Fuji, the symbol of Japan, worshiped by a large number of people.

Enshrines Japan's top Shinto deity

Where the guardian buck and doe are enshrined

Famous for its deity of scholarship

Nogi Shrine is a shrine where Nogi Maresuke (1849 - 1912), a general in the Imperial Japanese army during the Meiji period (1868-1912), and his wife are enshrined.

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 Hakone Shrine with its vermillion-lacquered torii (Shinto shrine archway) and its Japanese cedars is a shrine with a holy presence that tells you about history

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

The thatched Haiden hall is magnificent