Best Shrines Spot List

This ancient temple contains the history of the Southern Dynasty

Kamigamo-jinja Shrine is one of the oldest shrines in Kyoto, founded during the mythical age. It is famous for its Aoi Festival (Kamo Festival) and is registered as a World Heritage Site.

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

A sacred place connected to Hideyoshi

Famous for its strange festival, the Kurama Fire Festival

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.

A shrine built to represent the nation's wish for peace. Yushukan displays relics and wills, and it is worth visiting.

Known for its god that brings economic blessings

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

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

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

The thatched Haiden hall is magnificent

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

Boasts an amazing stage modeled after a lion mask

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.

Famous for its deity of scholarship

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

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.

For those who want to succeed like Hideyoshi did

The head shrine of Oshu, boasting 1,200 years of history