# Travel Destinations | Japan Voyage Travel

- [Meiji Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/meiji-shrine): Tokyo, Shrine. Shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken, set within a 70-hectare evergreen forest in central Tokyo.
- [Munakata Grand Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/munakata-grand-shrine): Fukuoka, Shrine. Part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site of five component parts, including the three shrines of Munakata Taisha, dedicated to the three Munakata goddesses, guardians of maritime safety. The main Hetsu-miya shrine on the mainland is freely accessible, while the sacred island of Okinoshima, where approximately 80,000 ritual artifacts were discovered, remains off-limits to the general public.
- [Fushimi Inari Taisha](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/fushimi-inari-taisha): Kyoto, Shrine. Thousands of vermilion torii gates wind up the forested slopes of Mount Inari, creating one of Japan's most mesmerizing spiritual landscapes.
- [Kamigamo Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kamigamo-shrine): Kyoto, Shrine. A UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Kyoto's oldest Shinto shrines, founded in 678 AD, known for its distinctive cone-shaped ritual sand mounds called tatesuna.
- [Isonokami Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/isonokami-shrine): Nara, Shrine. One of Japan's oldest Shinto shrines, mentioned in the nation's earliest chronicles, said to house the legendary sword Futsu-no-Mitama while roosters roam freely in the sacred grounds.
- [Itsukushima Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/itsukushima-shrine): Hiroshima, Shrine. UNESCO World Heritage shrine on Miyajima Island, famous for its vermillion torii gate appearing to float on the sea at high tide.
- [Nonomiya Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/nonomiya-shrine): Kyoto, Shrine. Small shrine at the bamboo grove entrance. Featured in The Tale of Genji. The black torii (bark-covered wood) is rare. Popular for love and matchmaking prayers.
- [Hoshida Myoken-gu Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/hoshida-myoken-gu-shrine): Osaka, Shrine. Hoshida Myoken-gu, also called Komatsu Shrine, is a hillside shrine in Katano, Osaka, counted among Japan's three great Myoken shrines. It enshrines the North Star and Big Dipper deity, a form of star and constellation worship that is uncommon in Japan. The object of worship is a large boulder called Tanabata-seki, reached by a stone-step path up the slope of Mt. Hoshi.
- [Ikuta Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/ikuta-shrine): Hyogo, Shrine. One of Japan's oldest Shinto shrines, said to have been founded in 201 AD, located in the heart of Kobe's Sannomiya district.
- [Kibitsu Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kibitsu-shrine): Okayama, Shrine. Ancient shrine said to be the origin of the Momotaro legend. Known for its unique roof style and a 400-meter covered corridor connecting buildings. The narukama divination ritual uses boiling rice to tell fortunes.
- [Ise Grand Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/ise-grand-shrine): Mie, Shrine. Japan's most sacred Shinto shrine dedicated to the sun goddess Amaterasu, rebuilt every 20 years in an ancient tradition.
- [Nikko Tosho-gu](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/nikko-tosho-gu): Tochigi, Shrine. Lavishly decorated Shinto shrine enshrining Tokugawa Ieyasu, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- [Atsuta Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/atsuta-shrine): Aichi, Shrine. One of Japan's most important Shinto shrines, believed to house the sacred sword Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, one of the three Imperial Regalia. Set in a tranquil forest of ancient camphor trees in the heart of Nagoya.
- [Yasaka Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/yasaka-shrine): Kyoto, Shrine. A Shinto shrine at the heart of Gion, center of the Gion Matsuri festival every July, one of Japan's three great festivals with elaborate float processions.
- [Atago Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/atago-shrine): Kyoto, Shrine. Perched atop 924-meter Mt. Atago, this ancient shrine dedicated to the fire deity has protected Kyoto from fire for over 1,300 years. A rewarding hike from Kiyotaki: about four hours round trip.

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Last updated: 2026-10-30