Shrines in Kyoto

Kyoto Prefecture is home to 217 shrines, including Taku Shrine and Amino Shrine. Visitors can find a wide variety of spiritual sites throughout the region.

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

Taku Shrine

Taku Shrine

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Taku Shrine is a historic shrine in Kyotango City, known for its ancient deity and unique ritual...

Kamitani-tachi-no-Miya

Kamitani-tachi-no-Miya

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Kamitani-tachi-no-Miya is a historic shrine with unique architecture and a lively autumn festiva...

Hachi Shrine

Hachi Shrine

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Hachi Shrine is a historic Kyoto guardian shrine, offering a glimpse into ancient spiritual trad...

Rokusho Shrine (Minamiyamashiro)

Rokusho Shrine (Minamiyamashiro)

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Rokusho Shrine is a village shrine in Kyoto, housing many deities, including the sun goddess.

Kumano Shrine

Kumano Shrine

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Kyoto's Kumano Shrine, founded in 811, offers a glimpse into imperial and Shogunate history.

Amino Shrine

Amino Shrine

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Amino Shrine is a historic Shikinaisha shrine with registered cultural properties, worth visitin...

Takano Shrine (Kyotango)

Takano Shrine (Kyotango)

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Takano Shrine is a historic site rebuilt in 1830, offering a glimpse into traditional Japanese a...

Izumo-daijingū

Izumo-daijingū

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Ancient shrine at a sacred mountain base, home to important cultural properties.

Jishu Shrine

Jishu Shrine

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Jishu Shrine is a World Heritage site in Kyoto, known for matchmaking and ancient 'Love Fortune...

Iwaya Shrine

Iwaya Shrine

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Visit this ancient shrine to see unique rock formations worshipped since antiquity.

Yura Shrine

Yura Shrine

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Yura Shrine is a historic, unattended shrine by the Yura River, housing a local history museum.

Gosho-Hachimangu

Gosho-Hachimangu

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A Kyoto shrine dedicated to safe childbirth, with a history tied to emperors and shoguns.

Meishoga Inari Shrine

Meishoga Inari Shrine

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Meishoga Inari Shrine: a historic shrine dedicated to Ukanomitama-no-mikoto, worth visiting for...

Oiwa Shrine

Oiwa Shrine

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Oiwa Shrine is a ujigami shrine known for its rare, ancient evergreen oak forest.

Ikkyuu Shrine

Ikkyuu Shrine

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Ikkyuu Shrine is an ancient shrine in Fukuchiyama with unique cultural properties.

Sannomiya Shrine

Sannomiya Shrine

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This Kyoto village shrine, linked to samurai legends, enshrines three deities for visitors to ex...

Miyake Hachimangū

Miyake Hachimangū

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Ancient Kyoto shrine dedicated to children and pest extermination, with unique pigeon statues an...

Miyake Shrine

Miyake Shrine

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Miyake Shrine is an ancient Shikinaisha shrine dedicated to grain gods, offering a glimpse into...

Kamigoryō Shrine

Kamigoryō Shrine

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Kamigoryō Shrine: Kyoto's oldest festival and the birthplace of a major medieval war.

Shimogoryō Shrine

Shimogoryō Shrine

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Shimogoryo Shrine, a historic Kyoto shrine, offers a glimpse into imperial reverence and ancient...

Nogi Shrine

Nogi Shrine

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Nogi Shrine honors a Meiji-era general and his wife, offering a glimpse into their lives.

Kuga Shrine

Kuga Shrine

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Kuga Shrine is an ancient Kyoto shrine dedicated to the Kamo clan's ancestral deity.

Gojō Tenjinsha

Gojō Tenjinsha

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Kyoto's oldest shrine, founded by Kūkai, dedicated to important Shinto deities.

Sumiyoshi Shrine

Sumiyoshi Shrine

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Kyoto's Sumiyoshi Shrine, founded in the Heian period, offers a glimpse into ancient Japanese de...

Sumiyoshi Shrine

Sumiyoshi Shrine

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A historic shrine in Nantan featuring a 16th-century main hall and a celebrated zelkova tree fro...

Kasuga Shrine (Kyotango)

Kasuga Shrine (Kyotango)

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Kasuga Shrine is a historic site with Edo-period architecture and a lively autumn festival.

Mizotani Shrine

Mizotani Shrine

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Mizotani Shrine: a historic shrine in Kyotango with warrior ties and unique artifacts.

Rokusonnō Shrine

Rokusonnō Shrine

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Rokusonnō Shrine: a historic Kyoto shrine dedicated to Minamoto no Tsunemoto, known for its cher...

Uchi Shrine

Uchi Shrine

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Uchi Shrine is a historic site in Kyoto, enshrining ancient figures and preserving cultural heri...

Shusse Inari Shrine

Shusse Inari Shrine

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This shrine, associated with success, is where samurai ruler Hideyoshi worshipped, now in a new...

Itsukushima Shrine

Itsukushima Shrine

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A historic shrine on Kujo Pond island featuring a rare stone torii gate and connections to the K...

Kisshoin Tenmangu

Kisshoin Tenmangu

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Japan's first Tenmangu shrine, dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane, offers historical buildings a...

Mukō Shrine

Mukō Shrine

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Mukō Shrine, a historic site with important cultural properties, offers a glimpse into Japan's h...

Jōnan-gū

Jōnan-gū

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Jōnan-gū is a Kyoto shrine known for averting calamity and its beautiful garden.

Taji Shrine

Taji Shrine

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Taji Shrine is an ancient shrine with important cultural properties, worth visiting for its hist...

Ooi Shrine

Ooi Shrine

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Ooi Shrine, founded in 710, offers a glimpse into ancient Japanese religious history.

Oi Shrine (Kyoto)

Oi Shrine (Kyoto)

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Oi Shrine, a historic Kyoto shrine, offers a glimpse into ancient Japanese deities and architect...

Ōmiyame Shrine

Ōmiyame Shrine

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Ōmiyame Shrine is a historic site with important cultural properties, offering a glimpse into an...

Daishōgun Hachi Shrine

Daishōgun Hachi Shrine

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This ancient shrine, founded in 794, protects Kyoto and houses 80 important deity statues.

Daishōgun Shrine (Kita-ku, Kyoto)

Daishōgun Shrine (Kita-ku, Kyoto)

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Ancient shrine protecting Kyoto's north, with the oldest Kamo shrine building.

Ōkawa Shrine

Ōkawa Shrine

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Ōkawa Shrine is an ancient shrine dedicated to the food goddess, with historic buildings.

Ōta Shrine

Ōta Shrine

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Ōta Shrine is an ancient Kyoto shrine, home to a stunning iris pond and a symbol of longevity.

Omushi Shrine (Yosano)

Omushi Shrine (Yosano)

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Omushi Shrine is a historic shrine with a unique stone pagoda, offering a glimpse into local cul...

Amanoiwato Shrine (Fukuchiyama)

Amanoiwato Shrine (Fukuchiyama)

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Amanoiwato Shrine is a unique shrine built on bedrock, requiring a chain climb to reach.

Amatsu Shrine

Amatsu Shrine

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Amatsu Shrine is a unique independent shrine in Kyoto with distinctive omikuji, worth a visit fo...

Nagu Shrine

Nagu Shrine

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Nagu Shrine: ancient shrine dedicated to a goddess, known for its Hagoromo legend connection.

Yasui Kompira-gu

Yasui Kompira-gu

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Yasui Kompira-gu is a unique shrine in Kyoto for severing bad relationships and forming good one...

Munakata Shrine

Munakata Shrine

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Munakata Shrine in Kyoto Gyoen wards off evil, dedicated to Munakata Sanjojin and other deities.

Munetada Shrines

Munetada Shrines

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Two shrines dedicated to Kurozumi Munetada, offering historical and spiritual insights.

Sō Shrine

Sō Shrine

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Sō Shrine is a historic shrine in Nantan City, dedicated to Amenokoyane-no-mikoto, worth visitin...

Ogawatsuki Shrine

Ogawatsuki Shrine

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Ogawatsuki Shrine, dedicated to the moon god, offers a glimpse into ancient Japanese worship and...

Komushi Shrine

Komushi Shrine

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Komushi Shrine is a historic Shinto shrine dedicated to ancient deities, rebuilt in the 19th cen...

Yamashina Shrine

Yamashina Shrine

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Yamashina Shrine is an ancient Kyoto shrine dedicated to two deities, with a historic main hall.

Okazaki Shrine

Okazaki Shrine

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Okazaki Shrine, founded in 794, is a Kyoto shrine known for rabbit statues and blessings for chi...

Okadakuni Shrine

Okadakuni Shrine

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Okadakuni Shrine is an ancient site dedicated to deities and a scholar, with historic buildings.

Okada Kamo Shrine

Okada Kamo Shrine

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Ancient Kamo clan shrine, relocated due to floods, with three designated cultural properties.

Sudō Shrine

Sudō Shrine

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Sudō Shrine is a historic Kyoto shrine dedicated to Emperor Sudō, with a National Treasure epita...

Hatahisa Shrine

Hatahisa Shrine

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Hatahisa Shrine is an ancient shrine in Kyoto, known for its unique architecture and spring wate...

Kanamine Shrine (Kyotango)

Kanamine Shrine (Kyotango)

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Kanamine Shrine is an ancient shrine dedicated to a metalworking deity, offering a glimpse into...

Hirai Shrine

Hirai Shrine

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Hirai Shrine is a historic site in Joyo City with Momoyama period carvings and important cultura...

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