Best Shrines Spot List

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

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

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

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

Known for its god that brings economic blessings

Boasts an amazing stage modeled after a lion mask

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

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

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

The most sacred of the three Dewa Sanzan

A significant cultural property with the feel of Edo/Tokyo. Richly decorated with gold foils, the magnificent main building also known as the ”shrine of gold” is astounding.

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

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.

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.

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.

Yushima-tenjin enshrines Amenotajikarao-no-mikoto, the god of better fortune and sports, and Michizane Sugawara, the god of learning and study. A number of famed scholars and writers visit this shrine.

A shrine famous for its ”Wedded Rocks”

This is an auspicious shrine because of the kanji characters that are used for writing its name Hodosan can also be read as ”climbing a mountain of treasures.” The deities who protect people from fire, thefts, and other disasters are enshrined there.

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

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