Asakusa Jinja
The shrine of the Sanja festival. It enshrines the three men who found the principal image of Sensoji.
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The shrine of the Sanja festival. It enshrines the three men who found the principal image of Sensoji.
Its buildings are collectively an Important Cultural Property. Known for its thousand torii and its azalea garden.
A cherry tree in its grounds serves as the reference tree for Tokyo's blossom declaration.
Another site claiming the origin of the beckoning cat. Known for matchmaking.
A twin-dragon torii, with dragons coiled around the pillars. A Fuji mound stands in the grounds.
It claims to preside over all the Inari shrines of eastern Japan, and is known for the fox procession on New Year's Eve.
The Ise of Tokyo. Held to be the first shrine in Japan to hold a Shinto wedding.
The tutelary shrine of Shinjuku, with its Tori no Ichi market and a history of sideshows and theatre in its grounds.
The Tokyo branch of Naritasan. Its prayer hall is covered wall to wall in Sanskrit characters.
Where Nichiren died. Its five-storey pagoda is held to be the oldest in eastern Japan.
A sacred mountain of tengu belief. Its yearly number of climbers is said to be among the highest in the world.
It holds a National Treasure suit of armour. Dogs may be brought to worship, under a belief in the divine dog.
The tutelary shrine of Hachijojima, the faith of the island of kihachijo silk.
It enshrines General Nogi Maresuke and his wife. Their former residence stands next door.
The stairway of success runs to 86 steps, from the legend of Magaki Heikuro, who rode a horse up it.
Known for prayers for safe childbirth on the day of the dog. A branch of Kurume Suitengu.
Ooka Echizen was a devotee. Many who work in entertainment come here.
The town of Kamakura was laid out from this shrine outwards. Wakamiya Oji runs dead straight from the main hall to the sea. The shrine was placed first and the city built to match it, the reverse of Kamigamo and Shimogamo in Kyoto, which were there before the capital. Its deity came from Iwashimizu Hachimangu in Kyoto, and it was here that Hachiman belief spread through the east as the faith of the warrior class.
The only shrine in Japan whose deity is said to ward off misfortune from all eight directions, a character without parallel elsewhere.
It faces Lake Ashi, with the Torii of Peace standing in the water. Most worshippers pair it with a visit to Kuzuryu Jinja.
BEFORE EXPLORING JAPAN · Getting to know Japanese culture
Two places you will come across on your trip. A shrine enshrines the kami of Shinto; a temple is a place to face the teachings of Buddhism and the Buddhas. Their entrances and the etiquette for visiting also differ.
A shrine honors Shinto kami; a temple follows Buddhist teachings. Learn how to recognize each place and visit respectfully.
Follow the guidance of each shrine or temple for the actual etiquette.