Best Shrines Spot List

A guardian deity of water with miraculous virtue worshipped since ancient times. The shrine has been worshipped for better luck marriage by countless people through the ages, including nobles.

Inherit Hikaru Genji's luck in love

The head shrine of all Gion satellite shrines throughout Japan. Local residents call the shrine ”Gion-san.”

Famous for its deity of scholarship

A shrine that has a beautiful vermilion-lacquered shrine pavilion from the Edo period. It is also called Sanja Gongen (in honor of three men who founded the temple), and the Sanja Matsuri held in May is one of the Three Great Festivals of Edo (now Tokyo).

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.

Encounter a god of matchmaking in a busy district

The centerpiece of the sacred Dewa Sanzan

Where the guardian buck and doe are enshrined

An old shrine known as “Ebessan” to Osaka’s merchants

The gateway to Mt. Fuji, this shrine lets you purify body and mind in an atmosphere both solemn and cooling (you might even get a chance to see Shinto ceremonies like festivals, benedictions, or weddings!)

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

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

The thatched Haiden hall is magnificent

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

The oldest shrine in Kyoto

A sacred place connected to Hideyoshi

Here resides the god who watches over Kyoto's kitchens

An old shrine that has continued to protect the northeast entry to Kyoto

The head shrine of all the Inari-jinja shrines across Japan. Its approximately 1,000 photogenic torii gates (an archway to a Shinto shrine) attract many visitors.