Best Shrines Spot List

This is a shrine that worships the Emperor Meiji and his wife. It is one of the most popular sightseeing spots in Tokyo, and you can experience the traditional culture of Japan through various rituals.

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.

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 spectacular hall of worship with 44 massive pillars

Known as the shinto shrine related to Yoshida Shoin, a samurai clan member of the Choshu Domain who had enormous influence on the movement to topple the Edo Shogunate during the mid-19th century. Now deified, he has become popular as a god of academic success.

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

Famous for its strange festival, the Kurama Fire Festival

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.

This ancient temple contains the history of the Southern Dynasty

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

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

A shrine affiliated with boars and protection for the lower body

Dedicated to Toyo'uke-no-Omikami

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

Inherit Hikaru Genji's luck in love

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.

Famous for its deity of scholarship

Renowned for its famous Somei spring water and bush clover flowers

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 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.