# Travel Destinations | Japan Voyage Travel - [Tenkawa Daibenzaiten Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/tenkawa-daibenzaiten-shrine): Nara, Shrine. A shrine to Benzaiten, goddess of water, eloquence and the performing arts, in the village of Tenkawa in the Omine mountains. Musicians and actors make the trip, and Noh is performed here three times a year. It holds 30 Noh masks that are Important Cultural Properties. Getting here takes about an hour by a bus that runs only three times a day from Kintetsu Shimoichiguchi Station. - [Seimei Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/seimei-shrine): Kyoto, Shrine. A small shrine on busy Horikawa-dori, built in 1007 on the site of the house of Abe no Seimei, the court diviner of novels, manga and films. Entry is free, it is open daily from 9:00 to 17:00, and the five-pointed star is on almost everything. - [Naminoue Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/naminoue-shrine): Okinawa, Shrine. A shrine on a limestone cliff at the edge of Naha, ranked first among the eight official shrines of the Ryukyu Kingdom. It was destroyed in the war and rebuilt in stages from 1953, with the current buildings completed in 1993. Free to visit, about 15 minutes on foot from Asahibashi Station. - [Hiyoshi Taisha](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/hiyoshi-taisha): Shiga, Shrine. The head of some 3,800 Hie, Hiyoshi and Sanno shrines nationwide, set in the Sakamoto foothills of Mount Hiei and long revered as a guardian against misfortune from the unlucky northeast. - [Hanazono Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/hanazono-shrine): Tokyo, Shrine. Shinjuku's guardian shrine since before 1603, squeezed between Yasukuni-dori and the bars of Golden Gai. Free to enter, with an antique market on Sundays and the crowded Tori-no-ichi fair in November. - [Kashihara Jingu](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kashihara-jingu): Nara, Shrine. A shrine to Emperor Jimmu, the legendary first emperor, built in 1890 at the foot of Mount Unebi where the Nihon Shoki places his enthronement. The main hall was moved here from the Kyoto Imperial Palace, and most of the huge gravel grounds were laid out by volunteer labour for the 1940 celebrations. Free to enter, 10 minutes on foot from Kashiharajingu-mae Station. - [Kamishikimi Kumanoimasu Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kamishikimi-kumanoimasu-shrine): Kumamoto, Shrine. A small mountain shrine in southern Aso reached by a stone stairway lined with 97 moss-covered lanterns, with a huge rock pierced by a hole of more than 10 meters above the hall. - [Mitsumine Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/mitsumine-shrine): Saitama, Shrine. A mountain shrine at about 1,100 meters in the far west of Chichibu, where wolves stand in for the usual guardian dogs. No train comes close: it is about 80 minutes by bus from Seibu-Chichibu Station, the last bus down leaves at 16:30, and on weekends the road up can back up long before the parking lot. - [Tomioka Hachimangu](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/tomioka-hachimangu): Tokyo, Shrine. Founded in 1627 and known locally as Fukagawa no Hachiman-sama, the shrine where Edo's ticketed sumo tournaments began. Its summer festival centers on August 15, and spectators throw water over the mikoshi bearers; every third year 53 neighborhood mikoshi parade together. - [Hakozaki Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/hakozaki-shrine): Fukuoka, Shrine. A large Hachiman shrine in Higashi Ward that calls itself one of Japan's three great Hachiman shrines, with a 16th-century gate and a plaque linked to the Mongol invasions. Free to enter and three minutes from the subway. In mid-September the Hojoya festival fills the approach with stalls and draws about a million visitors over seven days. - [Yahiko Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/yahiko-shrine): Niigata, Shrine. The first-ranked shrine of the old Echigo province, at the foot of 634 m Mount Yahiko, whose summit holds its inner sanctuary. The halls were rebuilt in 1916 after a fire in 1912, worshippers bow twice and clap four times, and a free shuttle bus from beside the main hall connects to the Mount Yahiko Ropeway. - [Suitengu](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/suitengu): Tokyo, Shrine. Tokyo's best-known shrine for safe childbirth, a minute from Suitengumae Station, rebuilt in 2016 on a raised, earthquake-isolated platform. Free to visit; on dog days, which come every 12 days, pregnant women and their families queue for blessings. - [Nezu Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/nezu-shrine): Tokyo, Shrine. A gongen-style shrine finished in 1706 whose seven main structures are all Important Cultural Properties. In April a hillside of 3,000 azaleas opens for a donation; the rest of the year the draw is the narrow tunnel of torii at Otome Inari. - [Iwashimizu Hachimangu](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/iwashimizu-hachimangu): Kyoto, Shrine. A hilltop Hachiman shrine founded in 859, whose ten main buildings became National Treasures in 2016. A three-minute cable car from Keihan Iwashimizu-hachimangu Station does most of the climb. - [Kasama Inari Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kasama-inari-shrine): Ibaraki, Shrine. An Inari shrine at the heart of Kasama, with shrine buildings and a shopping approach known for inari sushi. Page 6 of 7. 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