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,...