Site type guide
Shrine
Shrines are often intimate centers of devotion, memory, petition, healing, and pilgrimage, ranging from local roadside places to major international destinations.
218 shrine sacred sites. Use the country and tradition filters to narrow in.
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Shrine sacred sites overview
Shrine sacred sites span countries, traditions, pilgrimage routes, and sacred landscapes represented in the Pilgrim Map atlas.
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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...
Tongxiao Shinto Shrine
Tongxiao, Miaoli County, Miaoli County, Taiwan
Built in 1937 as a State Shinto shrine to Amaterasu and a Japanese imperial prince, then converted in 1947 into a Nationalist Chinese martyrs' shrine honoring Koxinga and...
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...
Vepric Shrine
Makarska, Makarska, Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia
Vepric Shrine is a documented shrine in Makarska, Croatia, held within Roman Catholic Christianity....
Virgen of Chaguaya
Chaguaya, Tarija, Bolivia
In the high valleys of southern Bolivia, tens of thousands of pilgrims walk through the cold night each August to reach a small village where the Virgin Mary appeared in...
Wat Pa Phu Kon
Na Yung, Udon Thani, Thailand
According to the temple and government tourism directory, Wat Pa Phu Kon is a living forest monastery in Na Yung, not merely the hall containing its famous white-marble...
Wat Phra That Doi Tung
Mae Sai, Chiang Rai, Thailand
Wat Phra That Doi Tung is a Lanna Buddha-relic shrine high above Chiang Rai. Official sources document a recurrent named mountain pilgrimage, relic-bathing rites, alms,...
Wat Tham Suea, Krabi
Mueang Krabi, Krabi, Thailand
Wat Tham Suea in Krabi is a living Buddhist monastery embedded in limestone caves and forest, with a demanding stair route to a summit Buddha and viewpoint....
Whithorn Priory
Whithorn, Scotland, United Kingdom
Whithorn Priory belongs among the significant pilgrimage places of Scotland. The sacred frame at Whithorn Priory comes from Christian pilgrimage tradition....
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...
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...
Zaplaz Shrine
Zaplaz, Zaplaz, Trebnje Municipality / Southeast Slovenia, Slovenia
Zaplaz Shrine is a documented shrine in Zaplaz, Slovenia, held within Roman Catholic Christianity....
Živčáková Marian Pilgrimage Site
Korňa, Korňa, Žilina Region, Slovakia
Živčáková Marian Pilgrimage Site is a documented shrine in Korňa, Slovakia, held within Roman Catholic Christianity....
Zvir Mountain Pilgrimage Site
Litmanová, Litmanová, Prešov Region, Slovakia
Zvir Mountain Pilgrimage Site is a documented shrine in Litmanová, Slovakia, held within Roman Catholic Christianity....
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Shrine sacred-site questions
- What shrine sacred sites are included?
- Shrine sacred sites are places where this site type carries religious, ritual, cultural, or pilgrimage significance. This guide lists 218 in the current Pilgrim Map atlas.
- Where are these shrine sites located?
- Major country clusters include Japan, United States, South Korea, France, Spain, Thailand.
- Which traditions are represented?
- Traditions represented here include Shinto, Christianity, Roman Catholic Christianity, Christian pilgrimage tradition, Korean Neo-Confucianism, Islam.
- Can I view shrine sacred sites on a map?
- Yes. Compare the country and tradition clusters, switch to map view for geography, then use site pages for practical context and related places.