Shinto sacred sites in Japan

Akagi Shrine

Shinjuku City, Tokyo, Japan

Akagi Shrine (赤城神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference evidence,...

Akasaka Hikawa Shrine

Minato City, Tokyo, Japan

Akasaka Hikawa Shrine (赤坂氷川神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or...

Akyū Ruins

Hara, Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Six thousand years ago, the Jomon people gathered here to tend sacred fires beneath the gaze of Mount Tateshina....

Amanoiwato Shrine

Takachiho, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan

In a forested gorge in Kyushu's Takachiho region, pilgrims have gathered for centuries at the cave where Amaterasu, the sun goddess and ancestress of Japan's Imperial...

Ana-hachimangu Shrine

Shinjuku City, Tokyo, Japan

Ana-hachimangu Shrine (穴八幡宮) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Anamori Inari Shrine

Ota City, Tokyo, Japan

Anamori Inari Shrine (穴守稲荷神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Asagaya Shinmeigū

Suginami City, Tokyo, Japan

Asagaya Shinmeigū (阿佐ヶ谷神明宮) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Asakusa Shrine

Taito City, Tokyo, Japan

Asakusa Shrine (浅草神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Atago Jinja

Minato City, Tokyo, Japan

Atago Jinja (愛宕神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference evidence,...

Atago Shrine (Atago Jinja)

Part of Mt. Atago

Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Atago Shrine crowns Mount Atago at 924 meters, the highest point surrounding Kyoto....

Atsuta Shrine

Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Atsuta Shrine houses Kusanagi-no-tsurugi, the Grass-Cutting Sword—one of three sacred objects that legitimize Japan's Imperial throne....

Dazaifu Tenmangu

Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Dazaifu Tenmangu, stands in Dazaifu. At Dazaifu Tenmangu, Shinto guides custody. Prayer at Dazaifu Tenmangu addresses Tenjin, the deified Sugawara no Michizane....

Fuda Tenjin-sha

Chōfugaoka, Tokyo, Japan

Fuda Tenjin-sha (布多天神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Fugoppe Cave

Yoichi, Hokkaido, Japan

Carved into the walls of a small sea-facing cave near Yoichi, approximately 800 petroglyphs have puzzled scholars since their discovery in 1950....

Fukutoku Shrine

Nihonbashimuromachi, Tokyo, Japan

Fukutoku Shrine (福徳神社(芽吹稲荷)) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Fushimi Inari-taisha

Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Since 711 CE, pilgrims have climbed sacred Mount Inari through tunnels of vermilion torii gates—each one donated by someone whose prayers were answered, or who hoped they...

Futarasan Shrine (Nikkō Futarasan Jinja)

Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

Futarasan Shrine connects three sacred spaces in a vertical axis of worship: the main shrine at the base of Mount Nantai, the Chuguji by Lake Chuzenji, and the summit...

Goshono Site

Ichinohe, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

For forty generations, Jomon communities gathered at this river terrace to tend their dead and feed their fires....

Hakusan Shrine

Bunkyo City, Tokyo, Japan

Hakusan Shrine (白山神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Hanazono Shrine

Shinjuku City, Tokyo, Japan

Hanazono Shrine (花園神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Hatonomori Hachiman Shrine

Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan

Hatonomori Hachiman Shrine (鳩森八幡神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or...

Hebikubo Shrine

Shinagawa City, Tokyo, Japan

Hebikubo Shrine (蛇窪神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Heian-jingū

Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Kyoto’s imperial beginning and ending held in modern shrine space. Heian-jingū remains an active Shinto shrine....

Hie Shrine

Chiyoda City, Tokyo, Japan

Hie Shrine (日枝神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference evidence,...

Hiro Shrine

Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

At the base of Japan's tallest single-drop waterfall, Hirou Shrine offers something rare: direct worship of natural phenomenon....

Hiyoshi Taisha

Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

At the foot of sacred Mount Hiei, Hiyoshi Taisha has served as spiritual guardian for over two thousand years....

Igusa Hachimangu

Suginami City, Tokyo, Japan

Igusa Hachimangu (井草八幡宮) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Imado Shrine

Taito City, Tokyo, Japan

Imado Shrine (今戸神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference evidence,...

Inasa Beach

Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan

In Japanese mythology, a god descended from heaven at this beach, thrust his sword into the sand, and demanded that the ruler of the earthly realm cede power to the sun...

Ise Grand Shrine (Ise Jingū)

Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan

Deep within a sacred forest in Mie Prefecture stands Ise Jingu, the most venerated Shinto shrine in Japan....

Ishi-no-Hoden, Himeji

Takasago, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

Rising from a sacred pool whose waters never dry, Ishi-no-Hoden appears to defy gravity itself....

Ishibutai Kofun, Asuka

Asuka, Nara Prefecture, Japan

In the Asuka valley, thirty granite megaliths weighing over 2,200 tons form Japan's largest known ancient burial chamber....

Itsukushima Shrine

Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Itsukushima Shrine, stands in Hatsukaichi. At Itsukushima Shrine, Shinto guides custody....

Iwashimizu Hachimangū

Yawata, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Hachiman’s protective sanctuary on Mount Otokoyama. Iwashimizu Hachimangū remains an active Shinto shrine....

Izanagi Shinto Shrine, Awaji Island

Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

On Awaji Island—the first land formed in Japanese creation mythology—stands the shrine built over the tomb of the god who created Japan....

Izumo Taisha (Izumo Grand Shrine)

Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan

Each October by the lunar calendar, something extraordinary happens in Izumo. While the rest of Japan celebrates Kannazuki, the Month Without Gods, this corner of Shimane...

Kameido Tenjin Shrine

Koto City, Tokyo, Japan

Kameido Tenjin Shrine (亀戸天神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Kamigamo-jinja Shrine

Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Thunder, mountain form, and cultivated water at Kyoto’s upper Kamo shrine. Kamigamo-jinja Shrine remains an active Shinto shrine....

Kanda Myōjin

Chiyoda City, Tokyo, Japan

Kanda Myōjin (神田神社(神田明神)) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Karasumori Shrine

Minato City, Tokyo, Japan

Karasumori Shrine (烏森神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Kashima Shrine

Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

For over two millennia, Kashima Shrine has enshrined Takemikazuchi, the god of thunder and martial power born from the blood of Izanagi's sword....

Kasuga Taisha

Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan

Kasuga Taisha, stands in Nara. At Kasuga Taisha, Shinto guides custody. Prayer at Kasuga Taisha addresses Takemikazuchi, Futsunushi, Amenokoyane, and Himegami....

Katori Shrine

Katori, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Katori Shrine enshrines Futsunushi, the deity of swords and victory who pacified Japan for the heavenly lineage....

Kibitsu Jinja Shinto Shrine, Okayama

Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan

Kibitsu Jinja preserves the origin story of Momotaro, the Peach Boy. Here Prince Kibitsuhiko defeated the demon Ura seventeen centuries ago, and the demon's severed head...

Kifune Shrine

Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Nestled in the forested mountains north of Kyoto, Kifune Shrine has stood for over sixteen centuries as the dwelling place of Kuraokami, the dragon god who governs water....

Kirishima Shrine

Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

Kirishima Shrine marks where Japanese civilization began - at least according to Shinto mythology....

Kitano Tenmangū

Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Learning, memory, and plum blossom before Tenjin. Kitano Tenmangū remains an active Shinto shrine....

Koami Shrine

Chuo City, Tokyo, Japan

Koami Shrine (小網神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference evidence,...

Komakino Stone Circle

Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan

Four thousand years ago, Jomon communities leveled a hilltop and arranged nearly three thousand stones in a configuration so distinctive that archaeologists named it the...

Konno Hachiman-gu Shrine

3-chōme-5-12 Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan

Konno Hachiman-gu Shrine (金王八幡宮) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or...

Kotohira shrine, Kotohira, Japan

Kotohira, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan

On sacred Mount Zozu rises Japan's most beloved guardian of sailors. For centuries, fishermen and naval crews, merchants and mariners have climbed up to 1,368 stone steps...

Koyasu Shrine

Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

Koyasu Shrine (子安神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Kumano Hayatama Taisha

Shingū, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Kumano Hayatama Taisha stands at the mouth of the Kumano River where it meets the sea, one of three grand shrines that have drawn pilgrims for over a millennium....

Kumano Hongū Taisha

Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

For over a thousand years, every path of the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage has led here....

Kumano-Nachi Grand Shrine

Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

One of the three great Kumano shrines, Kumano Nachi Taisha rises on Mt. Nachi above Japan's tallest waterfall....

Matsunoo-taisha Shrine

Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Mountain water and the kami honored by generations of brewers. Matsunoo-taisha Shrine remains an active Shinto shrine....

Meiji Shrine

Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Rising from the heart of Tokyo, Meiji Shrine offers one of the world's most dramatic sacred thresholds....

Meoto Iwa

Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan

Two rocks rise from the sea at Futami, joined by a massive shimenawa rope weighing over one ton....

Mitsumine Jingu (Mitsumine Grand Shrine)

Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

High in the Chichibu mountains, Mitsumine Shrine guards nearly two thousand years of worship at a place where wolves once guided a lost prince to safety....

Miyajima Island

Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

The vermilion torii gate rising from the Seto Inland Sea is one of Japan's most recognized images....

Mount Miwa

Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, Japan

Mount Miwa does not house a deity. The mountain is the deity. This 467-meter peak in the Nara Basin represents the oldest stratum of Japanese spirituality, a form of...

Mt. Aso

Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

Mount Aso rises at the heart of Kyushu, its vast caldera containing farms, towns, and one of Japan's oldest shrines—all within the rim of a volcano that last erupted in...

Mt. Atago

Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Rising 924 meters above Kyoto, Mount Atago has guarded the ancient capital from fire for over 1,300 years....

Mt. Nantai

Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

Mount Nantai rises 2,486 meters above the sacred landscape of Nikko, its near-perfect volcanic cone worshipped as the physical body of a kami since before recorded history....

Munakata Taisha

Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Munakata Taisha, stands in Munakata. At Munakata Taisha, Shinto guides custody. Prayer at Munakata Taisha addresses Tagorihime, Tagitsuhime, and Ichikishimahime....

Musashi Mitake Shrine

Ome, Tokyo, Japan

Musashi Mitake Shrine (武蔵御嶽神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or...

Namiyoke Shrine

Chuo City, Tokyo, Japan

Namiyoke Shrine (波除神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Nezu Shrine

Bunkyo City, Tokyo, Japan

Nezu Shrine (根津神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference evidence,...

Nikkō Tōshō-gū

Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

Nikko Toshogu is the mausoleum and shrine of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the warlord who unified Japan and founded a dynasty that ruled for 300 years of peace....

Nogi Shrine

Minato City, Tokyo, Japan

Nogi Shrine (乃木神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference evidence,...

Ōji Inari Shrine

Kita City, Tokyo, Japan

Ōji Inari Shrine (王子稲荷神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Oji Shrine

Kita City, Tokyo, Japan

Oji Shrine (王子神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference evidence,...

Okinoshima Island, Japan

Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

In the waters between Japan and Korea lies an island so sacred that women may never set foot on it, men may visit only one day per year after nude ocean purification, and...

Ōkunitama Shrine

Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan

Ōkunitama Shrine (大國魂神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Omiya Hachiman-gu

Suginami City, Tokyo, Japan

Omiya Hachiman-gu (大宮八幡宮) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Ōmori Katsuyama Stone Circle

Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan

Three thousand years ago, the Jomon people positioned this stone circle with extraordinary precision: on the shortest day of the year, the setting sun descends directly...

Ono Shrine

Ichinomiya, Tokyo, Japan

Ono Shrine (武蔵國一之宮小野神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Ono-Terusaki Shrine

Taito City, Tokyo, Japan

Ono-Terusaki Shrine (小野照崎神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Ōyu Stone Circles

Kazuno, Akita Prefecture, Japan

On a plateau above the Oyu River in northern Japan, two stone circles have watched the summer solstice sun set along the same axis for 4,000 years....

Sakafuneishi Site

Asuka, Nara Prefecture, Japan

In the hills of Asuka, Japan's ancient capital, water once flowed through a turtle-shaped stone basin in ceremonies conducted for Empress Saimei nearly fourteen centuries...

Sannai-Maruyama Site

Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan

For seventeen centuries, the Jomon people lived at Sannai-Maruyama, cultivating chestnuts, trading jade across hundreds of kilometers, and building structures that still...

Setagaya Hachiman-gu

Setagaya City, Tokyo, Japan

Setagaya Hachiman-gu (世田谷八幡宮) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Shiba Daijingū

Minato City, Tokyo, Japan

Shiba Daijingū (芝大神宮) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Shiba-Toshogu Shrine

Minato City, Tokyo, Japan

Shiba-Toshogu Shrine (芝東照宮) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Shimogamo-jinja Shrine

Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Kamo worship carried through Tadasu no Mori and ritual water. Shimogamo-jinja Shrine remains an active Shinto shrine....

Shinagawa Shrine

Shinagawa City, Tokyo, Japan

Shinagawa Shrine (品川神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Shōin Shrine

Setagaya City, Tokyo, Japan

Shōin Shrine (松陰神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference evidence,...

Sonohyan-utaki

Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan

At the threshold of Shuri Castle, a coral limestone gate opens onto a sacred grove that cannot be entered....

Suitengu Shrine

Chuo City, Tokyo, Japan

Suitengu Shrine (水天宮) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Sumiyoshi Jinja

Chuo City, Tokyo, Japan

Sumiyoshi Jinja (住吉神社（佃）) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Sumiyoshi-taisha

Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

When Izanagi purified himself in the sea after his journey to the underworld, three deities emerged from the waters—the Sumiyoshi Sanjin, gods of the sea who have...

Susanō Shrine

Arakawa City, Tokyo, Japan

Susanō Shrine (素盞雄神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Suwa-taisha

Suwa, Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Suwa-taisha predates shrine architecture itself. Four shrines encircle Lake Suwa in Nagano Prefecture, but their sacred objects are not artifacts—they are Mount Moriya and...

Tabata Stone Circle

Machida, Tokyo, Japan

Five minutes from a Tokyo train station, a ring of stones marks where Jomon peoples gathered three thousand years ago....

Takachiho Gorge

Takachiho, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan

In this volcanic gorge where sheer basalt cliffs rise 80 meters above an emerald river, Japan's creation mythology takes physical form....

Togakushi Shrine

Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Mount Togakushi is literally the 'Hidden Door'—the cave entrance that the god Tajikarao threw across the heavens after pulling the sun goddess Amaterasu from her hiding...

Togo Shrine

Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan

Togo Shrine (東郷神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference evidence,...

Togoshi Hachiman Shrine

品川区 Shinagawa City, Tokyo, Japan

Togoshi Hachiman Shrine (戸越八幡神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or...

Tokyo Daijingu

Chiyoda City, Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo Daijingu (東京大神宮) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Tomioka Hachiman Shrine

Koto City, Tokyo, Japan

Tomioka Hachiman Shrine (富岡八幡宮) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or...

Torigoe Shrine

Taito City, Tokyo, Japan

Torigoe Shrine (鳥越神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Tsurugaoka Hachimangu

Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Tsurugaoka Hachimangu, stands in Kamakura. At Tsurugaoka Hachimangu, Shinto guides custody....

Ueno Toshogu Shrine

Taito City, Tokyo, Japan

Ueno Toshogu Shrine (上野東照宮) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Ujigami-jinja Shrine

Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Ancient shrine architecture beside a living spring above Uji. Ujigami-jinja Shrine remains an active Shinto shrine....

Usa Jingu

Usa, Oita Prefecture, Japan

In 749 CE, when Emperor Shōmu consecrated the Great Buddha at Tōdai-ji, a deity traveled from Kyushu to Nara for the ceremony—the first time a Shinto god participated in...

Ushijima Shrine

Sumida City, Tokyo, Japan

Ushijima Shrine (牛嶋神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Washinoki Stone Circle

Mori, Hokkaido, Japan

Beneath a highway tunnel in southwestern Hokkaido lies Japan's largest stone circle, a 4,000-year-old Jomon burial site that was nearly destroyed by modern construction....

Yabo Tenmangu Shrine

Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan

Yabo Tenmangu Shrine (谷保天満宮) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Yasaka-jinja Shrine

Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Protection from disruptive forces at the sacred threshold of Gion. Yasaka-jinja Shrine remains an active Shinto shrine....

Yasukuni Shrine

Chiyoda City, Tokyo, Japan

Yasukuni Shrine (靖國神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Yoyogi Hachiman-gu Shrine

Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan

Yoyogi Hachiman-gu Shrine (代々木八幡宮) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or...

Yubunezawa Stone Circle

Takizawa, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

Four thousand years ago, Jomon peoples of northern Japan established this ground exclusively for the dead and for ceremony....

Yuga Shinto Shrine, Kurashiki

Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan

Yuga Shrine rises on Mount Yuga in Okayama, where massive sacred rocks have been venerated for over 2,000 years....

Yushima Tenjin Shrine

Bunkyo City, Tokyo, Japan

Yushima Tenjin Shrine (湯島天満宮) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...