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Minase Shrine
3-10-24 Hirose, Shimamotocho, Mishima District, Osaka Prefecture
Minase Shrine stands on the site of an Imperial villa from the Heian period once used by Emperor Go-Toba. The shrine enshrines three emperors: Emperor Go-Toba, Emperor Tsuchimikado, and Emperor Juntoku. After the Jōkyū War, following Emperor Go-Toba’s exile to the Oki Islands, Nobushige Minase and his son Chikanari Minase—who had served the retired emperor—built a memorial hall on the former Minase Imperial Villa site to honor his spirit, and that is considered the origin of the shrine.
Selected as one of the 100 Famous Waters: Rikyu no Mizu
One of Minase Shrine’s notable features is Rikyu no Mizu, a spring chosen for the Environment Agency’s list of 100 Famous Waters. This spring water has long been used as an offering to the deities, and many visitors still come to collect it. It is said that Sen no Rikyū favored this water, and a tea-offering ceremony using it takes place each year in the shrine’s tea room, Toshintei (Toshin-tei Tea Room). Visitors may take up to 20 liters home per person. Water collection hours are from 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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Kamigamo Shrine
339 Kamigamomotoyama, Kitaku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Kamigamo Shrine, located in the Kitaku ward of Kyoto City, is one of the oldest shrines in Kyoto. Its formal name is Kamo-wake-ikazuchi Shrine, and its main enshrined deity is Kamo-wake-ikazuchi-no-Okami.
🐴 Divine Horse “Kamiyama-go”
A divine horse, Kamiyama-go, has been dedicated to Kamigamo Shrine.
Visiting daysOn Sundays, national holidays, and festival days, the divine horse is presented to visitors in the horse stable before the Second Torii Gate.
LineageKamiyama-go is a former racehorse descended from a famous horse that once competed in G1 races.
White Horse Viewing RitualOn January 7 every year, the White Horse Viewing Ritual takes place: Kamiyama-go approaches the shrine, is shown to the enshrined deity, and is given soybeans.
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Izumo Taisha Kyoto Branch
37-5 Shimoyata-cho Nakayama, Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture
Izumo Taisha Kyoto Branch is a branch of Izumo Taisha in Shimane Prefecture, located in Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture.
The shrine enshrines Ōkuninushi-no-Ōkami, widely revered as the kami of matchmaking and the god of good fortune.
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Izumo Daijingu Shrine "Izumo Daijingu"
Chitose-cho, Chitose Goda, no street number, Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture
Izumo Daijingu Shrine (Izumo Daijingu) is a shrine located in Chitose-cho, Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture.
It is listed in the Engishiki as a Myojin Taisha and serves as the ichinomiya of Tanba Province. The shrine held the former rank of Kokuhei Chusha and is now an independent shrine not affiliated with the Association of Shinto Shrines. Its former name was Izumo Shrine. It is also referred to as Moto Izumo and Millennium Shrine.
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Takakura Jinja
2283 Higashi Ashida, Aogaki-cho, Tamba City, Hyogo Prefecture
Start the New Year smiling with an extra-large omikuji.
Takakura Jinja in Higashi Ashida, Aogaki-cho, Tamba City, Hyogo Prefecture will begin handing out omikuji larger than an opened newspaper from 12:00 a.m. on January 1.
Visitors draw the fortune by shaking a cylinder about the height of a child and pulling it out.
“Come with family and friends and take home great fortune and laughter,” they say. The offering runs through January 4.
The omikuji measures A1 size: 59.4 cm tall and 84.1 cm wide. It claims to be the largest omikuji in Japan. Making use of its size, the fortunes are divided into detailed categories. For example, “love” is broken down into meeting someone ▽ unrequited love ▽ marriage prospects ▽ being popular ▽ dates ▽ compatibility.
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Yasaka Shrine
625 Gionmachi Kitagawa, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Yasaka Shrine is the head shrine of roughly 2,300 Yasaka shrines and other shrines nationwide that enshrine Susanoo-no-Mikoto.
Known as “Gion-san,” Yasaka Shrine is famed for blessings such as warding off bad luck, matchmaking, and beauty, and its charms, oil-absorbing papers, and other amulets are popular.
It is also famous for hosting the Gion Matsuri and is widely cherished as a focal point of Kyoto tourism.
Adjacent Maruyama Park is designated a National Place of Scenic Beauty, and in spring it bustles as Kyoto’s premier cherry‑blossom viewing spot centered on the Gion Shidarezakura. In autumn, together with nearby Kiyomizu-dera Temple and Kodaiji Temple, it is enjoyed as a renowned autumn foliage site.
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Zenjuan, a subtemple of Kennin-ji Temple in Kyoto known as the “Boar Temple,” houses Marishisonten-dō Hall, revered for bringing good luck and victory.
146 Komatsucho, 4-chome, Shijo Sagaru, Yamatooji-dori, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City
Zenjuan was founded by the visiting monk Seisetsu Shōchō (also read Seisetsu Masazumi/Daikan Zenji) from Yuan and serves as a subtemple of the Rinzai school’s Kennin-ji branch.
Marishi-ten, enshrined on the temple grounds as the monk’s future guardian deity, attracts many worshippers from near and far for its reputed benefits of good fortune and victory, and is counted as one of Japan’s three great Marishi-ten sites.
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kyoto ebisu shrine
125 Komatsucho, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
In Kyoto there is a shrine where visitors throw offerings upward to get them into the offertory box.
That shrine, located in Gion, is the ebisu shrine (Ebisu Shrine), and for some reason an offertory box is installed above the torii gate...
The Toka Ebisu festival at Kyoto Ebisu Shrine is held over five days each year from January 8 (Thursday) to January 12 (Monday). It is believed to bring blessings for prosperous business and traffic safety, and the shrine is affectionately known locally as “Kyo no Ebessan.”
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Oagata Shrine "ooagata jinja"
Miyayama 3, Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture
This shrine enshrines Oagata no Okami, the ancestral deity of Owari land reclamation. The present shrine buildings were rebuilt in Kanbun 1 (1661) by Tokugawa Mitsutomo, the second lord of the Owari Domain, and they faithfully convey the architectural style known as Owari-zukuri. In particular, the main sanctuary—composed of three connected structures and called Oagata-zukuri—features a distinctive design and is designated as an Important Cultural Property of Japan. On the shrine grounds, Hime no Miya enshrines Tamayorihime and is revered as a guardian for safe childbirth and for women.
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Tagata Shrine
152 Tagatacho, Komaki City, Aichi Prefecture
Located in Komaki City, Aichi Prefecture, this shrine is believed to bring blessings for a bountiful harvest and prosperous descendants.
The annual Hounen Festival, held on March 15 each year, is known as the "spectacular festival of the nation." During this festival, a mikoshi carries a large phallic-shaped object called the oowasegata to pray for abundant harvests and the prosperity of future generations.
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