Yutoku Inari Shrine
Yutoku Inari Shrine - One of Japan's Three Great Inari Shrines
One of Japan's three largest Inari shrines, featuring dramatic vermillion architecture built into...
Hakone Shrine
The Red Torii Standing in Lake Ashi, and the Queue to Photograph It
A shrine in the cedar forest on the shore of Lake Ashi, moved to this site in 757, with the red P...
Omi Jingu
Otsu Shrine Tied to Emperor Tenji and Competitive Karuta
A Shinto shrine in Otsu dedicated to Emperor Tenji, widely known as a centre of competitive karuta.
Hakuto Shrine
Overlooking an unspoiled stretch of San'in coastline, Hakuto Shrine enshrines the mythological Wh...
Udo Shrine
A Sacred Shrine in a Sea Cave
Built inside a natural cave overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Udo Shrine is one of Japan's most dram...
Hikawa Shrine
Musashi Ichinomiya Hikawa Shrine
Hikawa Shrine in Saitama claims over 2,400 years of history, making it one of Japan's oldest Shin...
Taga Taisha
Major Shinto Shrine Honouring Izanagi and Izanami
One of Shiga's principal shrines, dedicated to Izanagi and Izanami and popularly called Ota-ga-san.
Dewa Sanzan
Dewa Sanzan (Three Sacred Mountains)
The three sacred mountains of Dewa -- Haguro, Gassan, and Yudono -- have been a center for yamabu...
Kashima Shrine
Kashima Shrine is one of Japan's oldest and most venerated shrines, dedicated to the deity of mar...
Aso Shrine
Historic Shrine with a Rebuilt Tower Gate
One of the oldest and most important shrines in the Aso region, known for a two-story romon gate ...
Hie Shrine
Escalators Up One Side, a Red Torii Tunnel Up the Other
A hilltop shrine in Nagatacho that guarded Edo Castle for the Tokugawa. Free to enter, open 6:00 ...
Okunitama Shrine
Musashi's Old Provincial Shrine and Its Lights-Out May Festival
The soja, or combined shrine, of old Musashi Province, five minutes from Fuchu Station, reached b...
Kanda Myojin
Akihabara's Guardian Shrine, Where Masakado Sits with Daikoku
A shrine of about 1,300 years' standing, moved to its hill above Akihabara in 1616, with Daikoku,...
Ueno Toshogu
A Gold-Leaf Shrine to Ieyasu That Survived War, Quake and Air Raid
Tokugawa Ieyasu's shrine in Ueno Park, founded in 1627; the gold-leaf Konjiki-den and its gates w...
Yasukuni Shrine
Tokyo's Official Cherry Tree and a 25-Meter Torii at Kudanshita
A large Shinto shrine at the top of Kudan-zaka, founded in 1869, that enshrines those who died fo...