Best Shrines Spot List

A spectacular hall of worship with 44 massive pillars

A sacred place connected to Hideyoshi

Boasts an amazing stage modeled after a lion mask

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

This ancient temple contains the history of the Southern Dynasty

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.

Famous for its strange festival, the Kurama Fire Festival

A shrine affiliated with boars and protection for the lower body

Encounter a god of matchmaking in a busy district

Hie-jinja Shrine has a history of more than 600 years. The Sanno Festival, one of the three biggest Japanese festivals, is held in June.

Renowned for its famous Somei spring water and bush clover flowers

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

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.

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 is a shrine founded on the vast premises surrounded by the mountains of Nikko. It is familiar to people as the god of luck and marital matchmaking.

The inner sanctuary is the oldest example of Shinto architecture in Japan

For those who want to succeed like Hideyoshi did

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.

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

Check out the mighty trees and zoo around this shrine