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Okutsuhime Shrine

Okutsuhime Shrine on remote Hegurajima island was founded by traditional female divers and preserves centuries of maritime worship traditions.

Wajima · Ishikawa

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Hie Shrine

Hie Shrine in Tokyo's Nagatacho district dates to the Kamakura period and served as guardian deity of Edo Castle and the Imperial Palace.

Tokyo

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Onominato Shrine

A Shinto shrine dedicated to Hachiman Okami, the sun goddess Amaterasu Omikami and Sarutahiko Okami, god of guidance, with four sub-shrines on the grounds.

Kanazawa · Ishikawa

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Sugo Isobe Shrine

Shinto shrine in the Kaga region, said to date to 585 when an imperial kami was moved here, and among the region's most historically significant shrines.

Kaga · Ishikawa

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Hofu Tenmangu

Shrine in Hofu founded in 904 for Tenjin, the deified scholar and poet Sugawara no Michizane, with a single building that houses all its main sanctuaries.

Hofu · Yamaguchi

Temple

Saijo Inari

Saijo Inari is a 1,200-year-old Buddhist temple and one of Japan's three great Inari sites, preserving a rare form of Shinto-Buddhist syncretic worship.

Okayama

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Bitchukoku Soja Shrine

Bitchukoku Soja Shrine consolidated deities of 324 provincial shrines into a single site dedicated to the deity of nation-building and good fortune.

Soja · Okayama

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Kitano Tenmangu

The head shrine of approximately 12,000 Tenmangu and Tenjin shrines throughout Japan, Kitano Tenmangu is dedicated to the deity of learning and culture.

Kyoto

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Kibitsu Jinja

Okayama shrine to Kibitsuhiko-no-Mikoto, a legendary prince said to have defeated an ogre and brought peace to the region, the root of the Momotaro story.

Okayama

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Futahashira Shrine

This Sendai shrine has served as a center of devotion for over a thousand years, enshrining the divine family of Izanagi, Izanami, and their child Ebisu.

Sendai · Miyagi

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Miyazaki-jingu

Shrine dedicated to Emperor Jimmu and ancestral deities, believed to occupy the site of the emperor's ancient palace before his legendary eastern expedition.

Miyazaki

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Tsutsujigaoka Tenmangu Shrine

Dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane, this shrine was established in 974 and relocated to Sendai, rebuilt in 1667 with striking vermilion colors.

Sendai · Miyagi

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Kashima Jingu Shrine

Believed to have been founded in 660 BCE, this ancient shrine in the Kanto region is dedicated to a patron deity of martial arts and historic swordsman school.

Kashima · Ibaraki

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Hakusan Shrine Sayado

Hall built in 1760 in Gokayama, Toyama, to shelter a shrine from 1502, the oldest surviving wooden building in Toyama and an Important Cultural Property.

Nanto · Toyama

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Atsuta Shrine

A highly revered Nagoya shrine established during Emperor Keiko's reign, it houses the Kusanagi no Tsurugi, one of the three symbols of the Imperial throne.

Nagoya · Aichi

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Sumiyoshi Taisha

Osaka shrine that has served sea travellers for two millennia, enshrining three sea deities and Empress Jingu, who founded it and is revered as a protector.

Osaka

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Ichinomiya Shrine

A Heian-period shrine in Tokushima city venerating two kami, with a Momoyama-style main hall built in 1630, a National Important Cultural Property.

Tokushima

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Morioka Hachimangu Shrine

Shinto shrine dedicated to Hachiman, god of war and samurai patron, hosting an annual August festival featuring traditional taiko drums and horseback archery.

Morioka · Iwate

Shrine

Okutsuhime Shrine

Okutsuhime Shrine on remote Hegurajima island was founded by traditional female divers and preserves centuries of maritime worship traditions.

Wajima · Ishikawa

Shrine

Hie Shrine

Hie Shrine in Tokyo's Nagatacho district dates to the Kamakura period and served as guardian deity of Edo Castle and the Imperial Palace.

Tokyo

Shrine

Onominato Shrine

A Shinto shrine dedicated to Hachiman Okami, the sun goddess Amaterasu Omikami and Sarutahiko Okami, god of guidance, with four sub-shrines on the grounds.

Kanazawa · Ishikawa

Shrine

Sugo Isobe Shrine

Shinto shrine in the Kaga region, said to date to 585 when an imperial kami was moved here, and among the region's most historically significant shrines.

Kaga · Ishikawa

Shrine

Hofu Tenmangu

Shrine in Hofu founded in 904 for Tenjin, the deified scholar and poet Sugawara no Michizane, with a single building that houses all its main sanctuaries.

Hofu · Yamaguchi

Temple

Saijo Inari

Saijo Inari is a 1,200-year-old Buddhist temple and one of Japan's three great Inari sites, preserving a rare form of Shinto-Buddhist syncretic worship.

Okayama

Shrine

Bitchukoku Soja Shrine

Bitchukoku Soja Shrine consolidated deities of 324 provincial shrines into a single site dedicated to the deity of nation-building and good fortune.

Soja · Okayama

Shrine

Kitano Tenmangu

The head shrine of approximately 12,000 Tenmangu and Tenjin shrines throughout Japan, Kitano Tenmangu is dedicated to the deity of learning and culture.

Kyoto

Shrine

Kibitsu Jinja

Okayama shrine to Kibitsuhiko-no-Mikoto, a legendary prince said to have defeated an ogre and brought peace to the region, the root of the Momotaro story.

Okayama

Shrine

Futahashira Shrine

This Sendai shrine has served as a center of devotion for over a thousand years, enshrining the divine family of Izanagi, Izanami, and their child Ebisu.

Sendai · Miyagi

Shrine

Miyazaki-jingu

Shrine dedicated to Emperor Jimmu and ancestral deities, believed to occupy the site of the emperor's ancient palace before his legendary eastern expedition.

Miyazaki

Shrine

Tsutsujigaoka Tenmangu Shrine

Dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane, this shrine was established in 974 and relocated to Sendai, rebuilt in 1667 with striking vermilion colors.

Sendai · Miyagi

Shrine

Kashima Jingu Shrine

Believed to have been founded in 660 BCE, this ancient shrine in the Kanto region is dedicated to a patron deity of martial arts and historic swordsman school.

Kashima · Ibaraki

Shrine

Hakusan Shrine Sayado

Hall built in 1760 in Gokayama, Toyama, to shelter a shrine from 1502, the oldest surviving wooden building in Toyama and an Important Cultural Property.

Nanto · Toyama

Shrine

Atsuta Shrine

A highly revered Nagoya shrine established during Emperor Keiko's reign, it houses the Kusanagi no Tsurugi, one of the three symbols of the Imperial throne.

Nagoya · Aichi

Shrine

Sumiyoshi Taisha

Osaka shrine that has served sea travellers for two millennia, enshrining three sea deities and Empress Jingu, who founded it and is revered as a protector.

Osaka

Shrine

Ichinomiya Shrine

A Heian-period shrine in Tokushima city venerating two kami, with a Momoyama-style main hall built in 1630, a National Important Cultural Property.

Tokushima

Shrine

Morioka Hachimangu Shrine

Shinto shrine dedicated to Hachiman, god of war and samurai patron, hosting an annual August festival featuring traditional taiko drums and horseback archery.

Morioka · Iwate

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