Tradition guide
Shinto
Shinto sacred sites often center on kami, forests, mountains, water, gates, seasonal ritual, and shrine landscapes woven into local life.
148 sacred places share this lineage. Use the country links to narrow in.
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Shinto sacred sites overview
Shinto sacred sites connect places through shared lineage, ritual use, memory, and pilgrimage practice across the Pilgrim Map atlas.
Use this page to compare country clusters, common place types, UNESCO-tagged landmarks, and the map distribution before exploring individual site pages.
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Showing 49-96 of 148 sites in this tradition guide
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....
Kasuga Village and Sacred Places in Hirado
Hirado, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
Kasuga Village and Sacred Places in Hirado, stands in Hirado. At Kasuga Village and Sacred Places in Hirado, Hidden Christian tradition within a Shinto-Buddhist landscape...
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....
Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Shrine
Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Shrine (北口本宮冨士浅間神社) is the historic northern shrine threshold of the Yoshida ascent, where the old worship route proceeds toward Mount Fuji.
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....
Kurume Suitengu
Kurume, Japan
Kurume’s Suitengu is the head shrine of the Suitengu tradition, distinct from the well-known Tokyo shrine....
Kusushi-jinja Shrine
Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Kusushi-jinja Shrine (久須志神社) is the Sengen shrine at the northern side of Mount Fuji's summit crater, reached near the top of the Yoshida and Subashiri routes.
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....
Minase Jingu
Shimamoto, Japan
Minase Jingu in Shimamoto venerates the emperors Go-Toba, Tsuchimikado and Juntoku. Alongside that imperial remembrance, it maintains prayers for childbirth....
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 Gassan
Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
Mount Gassan, stands in Tsuruoka. At Mount Gassan, Dewa Sanzan mountain worship, Shinto and Shugendō guides custody....
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...
Nachi Falls
Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Nachi Falls, stands in Nachikatsuura. At Nachi Falls, Kumano Shinto and Shugendō guides custody....
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....
Niukanshofu Shrine
Kudoyama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Niukanshofu Shrine (丹生官省符神社) is the shrine immediately associated with Jison-in at the beginning of the Choishi-michi approach.
Niutsuhime Shrine
Katsuragi, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Niutsuhime Shrine (丹生都比売神社) is a major shrine of the Kii sacred landscape connected with Koyasan and reached on a documented branch or detour from Choishi-michi.
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,...
Obara Jinja Shrine
Fukuchiyama, Kyoto, Japan
Obara Jinja in rural Fukuchiyama receives families praying for childbirth. Across the river stands an ubuya, a small thatched structure once used in local birth customs....
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,...
Okazaki Shrine, Kyoto
Kyoto, Japan
Okazaki Shrine in Kyoto is known for prayers for conception and childbirth. Rabbit figures give the precinct a distinctive visual identity, connected locally with divine...
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...
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Key questions
Shinto sacred-site questions
What are Shinto sacred sites?
Shinto sacred sites are places connected by shared lineage, practice, memory, ritual use, or pilgrimage tradition.
Where can I find Shinto sacred sites?
The strongest country clusters in this guide include Japan, Taiwan.
What kinds of places are included?
The guide includes sacred landscapes, pilgrimage places, and ritual or historical sites where available.
Can I map Shinto sacred sites?
Yes. Compare country clusters and physical forms first, then open individual pages for coordinates, historical context, and visitor guidance.