Shrines in Gifu

Gifu Prefecture has 195 shrines, including Higashiyama Hakusan Shrine and Gifu Tōshō-gū. Many are set in nature, offering a peaceful visit.

Not sure where to start? Read our guide to the 20 best

Kazagami Shrine

Kazagami Shrine

Kazagami Shrine is a unique shrine built around a wind-emitting rock, worth visiting for its nat...

Nakayama Shrine

Nakayama Shrine

Nakayama Shrine is an ancient site with unique protective deities and a historic forest.

Nagibayashi Shrine

Nagibayashi Shrine

A historic shrine in Anpachi dedicated to Amaterasu, identified as a candidate site for the anci...

Hakusan Shrine

Hakusan Shrine

Hakusan Shrine is a historic site in Toki City with unique ceramic guardian dogs.

Nohi Gokoku Shrine

Nohi Gokoku Shrine

Nohi Gokoku Shrine honors Gifu's war dead, rebuilt multiple times after disasters.

Nemichi Shrine

Nemichi Shrine

Nemichi Shrine is a historic village shrine in Gifu Prefecture, known for its deities and local...

Kanō Tenmangū

Kanō Tenmangū

Kanō Tenmangū is a historic Gifu City shrine, notable for its unique architecture and cultural p...

Nabi Hongū Shrine

Nabi Hongū Shrine

Nabi Hongū Shrine: a historic mountain shrine with unique stone monuments, founded in the Heian...

Yahagi Shrine

Yahagi Shrine

Yahagi Shrine is a historic site dedicated to wind deities and mountain worship, founded in the...

Izumo Taisha Hida Kyōkai

Izumo Taisha Hida Kyōkai

Visit this shrine to experience a spiritual offshoot of Izumo Taisha, easily accessible from Ger...

Soshino-hachimangū

Soshino-hachimangū

Ancient Shinto shrine in Gero City, known for its historical buildings and cultural properties.

Hida Gokoku Shrine

Hida Gokoku Shrine

Hida Gokoku Shrine honors war dead, offering a tranquil visit with unique architecture and seaso...

Honjō Shrine

Honjō Shrine

Honjō Shrine is a historic local shrine, founded in 1599, dedicated to Susanoo-no-Mikoto.

Kashimori Shrine

Kashimori Shrine

Kashimori Shrine: a historic site dedicated to a local deity and Oda Nobunaga.

Keta Wakamiya Shrine

Keta Wakamiya Shrine

Ancient shrine in Hida City, known for its deity and the famous Furukawa Festival.

Kogane Shrine

Kogane Shrine

Kogane Shrine is a historic shrine in Gifu City, known for its golden torii gate.

Miwa Shrine

Miwa Shrine

Miwa Shrine is a historic Gifu City shrine with cultural properties and a unique cedar tree.

Nagara Tenjin Shrine

Nagara Tenjin Shrine

Historic shrine dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane, worth visiting for its architecture and fest...

Tejikarao Shrine

Tejikarao Shrine

Tejikarao Shrine: an ancient shrine in Gifu, known for its fiery festival and historical signifi...

Yōrō Shrine

Yōrō Shrine

Yōrō Shrine is a historic site in Gifu Prefecture with a sacred spring and cultural properties.

Kinumaru Shrine

Kinumaru Shrine

Kinumaru Shrine: a historic shrine in Gifu, dedicated to Amaterasu Omikami and other deities.

Inaba Shrine

Inaba Shrine

A historic Japan Heritage shrine in Gifu City featuring unique architecture, cultural treasures,...

Hida Ichinomiya Minashi Shrine

Hida Ichinomiya Minashi Shrine

Ancient shrine south of Takayama, home to important statues and a sacred cedar tree.

Nangū Taisha

Nangū Taisha

Nangū Taisha is an ancient head shrine for metal industries, rebuilt in 1642, with many cultural...

Gifu Gokoku Shrine

Gifu Gokoku Shrine

A solemn shrine in Gifu City, honoring 37,800 spirits and featuring a famous cherry tree.

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