Karasumori Shrine
Shinto worship and living sacred practice at Karasumori Shrine
Minato City, Tokyo, Japan
Plan this visit
Practical context before you go
Allow enough time to avoid rushing worship, but do not remain in a way that blocks circulation or a service.
2-chōme-15-5 Shinbashi, Minato City, Tokyo 105-0004. Confirm the route, accessibility, opening status, and event-day restrictions through the official site and exact map record before travel.
Pause at the torii, use the purification basin when it is open, and approach the worship hall without blocking the central path. At the offering box, visitors commonly bow twice, clap twice, offer a silent prayer, and bow once; posted shrine guidance takes precedence.
At a glance
- Coordinates
- 35.6668, 139.7568
- Type
- Shinto Shrine
- Suggested duration
- Allow enough time to avoid rushing worship, but do not remain in a way that blocks circulation or a service.
- Access
- 2-chōme-15-5 Shinbashi, Minato City, Tokyo 105-0004. Confirm the route, accessibility, opening status, and event-day restrictions through the official site and exact map record before travel.
Pilgrim tips
- Wear clean, modest clothing. Step around sacred ropes, barriers, and prepared ritual areas.
- Photograph only from public areas and never during rites without permission. Ask before photographing worshippers, attendants, or the interior of the sanctuary.
- Do not improvise ritual, promise spiritual results, interrupt prayer, or handle devotional objects without invitation.
Pilgrim glossary
- Torii
- The traditional Japanese gate marking the entrance to a Shinto sacred area.
Overview
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 evidence, and a rights-cleared image of the site. Visit as a guest of a worshipping community: observe posted boundaries, keep rites and prayer unobstructed, and verify changing access information with the institution.
The Tokyo shrine registry identifies Karasumori Shrine, also called Karasumori Inari, as an active Shinto shrine venerating Ukanomitama, Ame-no-Uzume, and Ninigi. Its foundation narrative is set in 940 and links Fujiwara no Hidesato's prayer for victory with a white fox, a white-feathered arrow, and the later establishment of a sanctuary. This account is part of the shrine's transmitted history and should be attributed as tradition rather than presented as independent proof. Karasumori Shrine (烏森神社, Karasumori Jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Minato, Tokyo. It enshrines Ukanomitama (Inari Ōkami), Ame-no-Uzume and Ninigi-no-Mikoto. It was established in 940, the third year of the Tengyō era. Pilgrim Map presents this site through documented identity and living religious practice, not through star ratings or promises of transformation. Architecture and historical associations can help orient a visit, but they do not replace the meaning made by worship, teaching, memorial practice, service, and care. Visitors should distinguish institutional tradition from independently documented history, especially where a foundation narrative, miraculous account, political memory, or popular origin claim is involved. Approach slowly, read the room before acting, and allow regular worshippers to set the pace.
Context and lineage
The Tokyo shrine registry identifies Karasumori Shrine, also called Karasumori Inari, as an active Shinto shrine venerating Ukanomitama, Ame-no-Uzume, and Ninigi. Its foundation narrative is set in 940 and links Fujiwara no Hidesato's prayer for victory with a white fox, a white-feathered arrow, and the later establishment of a sanctuary. This account is part of the shrine's transmitted history and should be attributed as tradition rather than presented as independent proof. Karasumori Shrine (烏森神社, Karasumori Jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Minato, Tokyo. It enshrines Ukanomitama (Inari Ōkami), Ame-no-Uzume and Ninigi-no-Mikoto. It was established in 940, the third year of the Tengyō era.
Karasumori Shrine belongs to the living Shinto context documented by its institutional and exact-entity sources.
Why this place is sacred
A map can show the threshold of Karasumori Shrine; it cannot determine what the place means for every devotee. Quiet attention is more responsible than assigning a single mood, energy, or spiritual effect. Notice how people prepare to enter, where they pause, and which spaces remain protected, while avoiding imitation or intrusion.
The cited sources identify Karasumori Shrine as an exact Shinto institution and provide the bounded historical context summarized here.
The site's present form reflects continuity as well as rebuilding, institutional change, and the work of successive communities. Specific claims are limited to the cited record.
Traditions and practice
Pause at the torii, use the purification basin when it is open, and approach the worship hall without blocking the central path. At the offering box, visitors commonly bow twice, clap twice, offer a silent prayer, and bow once; posted shrine guidance takes precedence.
Current practice and participation at Karasumori Shrine follow the institution's own guidance. Do not infer permission from what another visitor does.
Notice the threshold, the order of movement, and the care given to sacred objects without turning observation into performance.
Shinto
ActiveKarasumori Shrine is an active Shinto place in Tokyo. Its sacred meaning belongs first to the worshipping community, its documented history, and its continuing care—not to popularity metrics.
Pause at the torii, use the purification basin when it is open, and approach the worship hall without blocking the central path. At the offering box, visitors commonly bow twice, clap twice, offer a silent prayer, and bow once; posted shrine guidance takes precedence.
Experience and perspectives
Begin with the site's present threshold rather than a checklist. Put away conversation and devices when worship is underway, yield to people making offerings or attending services, and accept closures without pressing for access. A respectful visit may be brief. Its value does not depend on witnessing a ceremony, entering every building, or producing photographs.
Use the official site and posted notices to distinguish public grounds from worship, residential, administrative, memorial, or conservation spaces.
Read Karasumori Shrine through its living Shinto community alongside documented history, architecture, and urban context.
Institutional and exact-entity sources establish identity and bound the historical account. Unresolved or contested claims remain explicitly attributed.
According to its tradition, sacred meaning is encountered through worship, teaching, remembrance, and the relationships sustained by the community.
No paranormal, medical, therapeutic, or guaranteed transformative effect is claimed.
Visit planning
2-chōme-15-5 Shinbashi, Minato City, Tokyo 105-0004. Confirm the route, accessibility, opening status, and event-day restrictions through the official site and exact map record before travel.
No lodging recommendation is made; use current, independent accessibility and accommodation information.
Pause at the torii, use the purification basin when it is open, and approach the worship hall without blocking the central path. At the offering box, visitors commonly bow twice, clap twice, offer a silent prayer, and bow once; posted shrine guidance takes precedence.
Wear clean, modest clothing. Step around sacred ropes, barriers, and prepared ritual areas.
Photograph only from public areas and never during rites without permission. Ask before photographing worshippers, attendants, or the interior of the sanctuary.
Use only offering and donation channels authorized by Karasumori Shrine; never leave substitute objects or food without permission.
Respect barriers, private rooms, protected fabric, sacred interiors, and any temporary restriction announced by staff.
Plan your visit
Address
日本、〒105-0004 東京都港区新橋２丁目１５−５
Phone
Hours
Hours, fees, and access can change — verify on the official source before you travel. Practical details last checked Aug 2026.
Nearby sacred places
Sacred places within a half-day’s reach. Pilgrims often visit them together: walk one, stay for the other.
References
Sources consulted when researching this page. Independent verification by readers is welcome.
- 01烏森神社 | 東京新橋に鎮座する「烏森神社」| 神社祭事、神社に関わる豆知識・境内の様子、季節のお話・・・などを公開しています。 — 烏森神社high-reliability
- 02Tokyo Jinjacho Karasumori Shrine record — 烏森神社high-reliability
- 03Karasumori Shrine — Wikipedia contributors
- 04烏森神社 — Japanese Wikipedia contributors
- 05Wikidata entity Q11567255 — Wikidata contributors
- 06Karasumori Shrine Google Maps place record — Google
- 07File:Karasumori-jinja1.jpg — Wikimedia Commons contributors
Key questions
What pilgrims usually ask
- Why is Karasumori Shrine considered sacred?
- Visit Karasumori Shrine with verified historical context, living Shinto significance, practical access notes, respectful etiquette, and cited sources.
- What should I wear at Karasumori Shrine?
- Wear clean, modest clothing. Step around sacred ropes, barriers, and prepared ritual areas.
- Can I take photos at Karasumori Shrine?
- Photograph only from public areas and never during rites without permission. Ask before photographing worshippers, attendants, or the interior of the sanctuary.
- How long should I spend at Karasumori Shrine?
- Allow enough time to avoid rushing worship, but do not remain in a way that blocks circulation or a service.
- How do you visit Karasumori Shrine?
- 2-chōme-15-5 Shinbashi, Minato City, Tokyo 105-0004. Confirm the route, accessibility, opening status, and event-day restrictions through the official site and exact map record before travel.
- What offerings are appropriate at Karasumori Shrine?
- Use only offering and donation channels authorized by Karasumori Shrine; never leave substitute objects or food without permission.
- What etiquette should visitors follow at Karasumori Shrine?
- Pause at the torii, use the purification basin when it is open, and approach the worship hall without blocking the central path. At the offering box, visitors commonly bow twice, clap twice, offer a silent prayer, and bow once; posted shrine guidance takes precedence.
- What is the history of Karasumori Shrine?
- The Tokyo shrine registry identifies Karasumori Shrine, also called Karasumori Inari, as an active Shinto shrine venerating Ukanomitama, Ame-no-Uzume, and Ninigi. Its foundation narrative is set in 940 and links Fujiwara no Hidesato's prayer for victory with a white fox, a white-feathered arrow, and the later establishment of a sanctuary. This account is part of the shrine's transmitted history and should be attributed as tradition rather than presented as independent proof. Karasumori Shrine (烏森神社, Karasumori Jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Minato, Tokyo. It enshrines Ukanomitama (Inari Ōkami), Ame-no-Uzume and Ninigi-no-Mikoto. It was established in 940, the third year of the Tengyō era.