Shinto

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....

Awashima Shrine, Kada

Wakayama, Japan

Awashima Shrine in Kada, Wakayama, is associated with women’s prayers, including conception and childbirth. Dolls dedicated by visitors fill its vivid shrine setting....

Ayahiro Falls

Mount Mitake, Tokyo, Japan

Ayahiro Falls lies within Mount Mitake's religious landscape in western Tokyo. Its association with Musashi Mitake Shrine gives the small waterfall a purpose beyond its...

Chikatsuyu-oji

Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Chikatsuyu-oji (近露王子) is an old oji beside the Hiki River where historical pilgrims performed cold-water purification on the Nakahechi section of the Kumano Kodo....

Chinkaiseki Hachimangu

Itoshima, Fukuoka, Japan

At Chinkaiseki Hachimangu in Itoshima, childbirth prayers are linked to sacred stones and the story of Empress Jingu. The shrine overlooks the Genkai Sea.

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....

Dōgo Onsen

Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan

Dōgo’s bathhouse is a public institution with a sacred narrative beside it.

Former Togawa Oshi House

Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

Former Togawa Oshi House (旧外川家住宅) is a preserved oshi pilgrim-lodging house in Fujiyoshida associated with receiving, guiding, and ritually preparing Fuji-ko pilgrims.

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...

Gokonomiya Shrine

Kyoto, Japan

Gokonomiya Shrine in Kyoto’s Fushimi district combines devotion to Empress Jingu with a story of fragrant spring water....

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,...

Hioka Shrine

Kakogawa, Japan

Hioka Shrine in Kakogawa receives prayers for safe childbirth. Its tradition recalls Princess Inabi-no-Oiratsume and the birth of twins, while the Imigomori observance...

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....

Hosshinmon-oji

Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Hosshinmon-oji (発心門王子) is a major threshold marking entry into the divine precincts of Kumano Hongu Taisha on the Nakahechi section of the Kumano Kodo....

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...