| 1．Atago Shrine (Kyoto) ・Shinto ・Atago-chō, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto |
| Atago Shrine (愛宕神社, Atago-jinja) is a Shinto shrine on Mount Atago, the northwest of Kyoto, Japan. Enshrined is Atago Gongen who protects Kyoto from fire.[1] Shugendō practices and a place for worship are known from the eighth century.[2] The late-Kamakura period Honden has been designated an Important Cultural Property.[3] (Actually, the late-Kamakura period Honden is located at another Atago-jinja in Kameoka, to the northwest of Kyoto : 35°2′28″N 135°35′13″E / 35.04111°N 135.58694°E / 35.04111; 135.58694[1]) Atago Jinja is the head of nine hundred Atago shrines throughout Japan.[2] |
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| Main deity：Atago Gongen |
| 2．Itsukushima Shrine (Kyoto) ・Kyoto, Japan |
| Itsukushima Shrine (Japanese: Itsukushima-jinja) is a Shinto shrine in Kyoto Gyoen National Garden, Kyoto, Japan. |
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| 3．Imamiya Shrine ・Shinto ・21, Imamiya-cho, MurasakinoKita-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto 603-8231 |
| Imamiya Shrine (今宮神社, Imamiya-jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It was originally established for patrons to pray for safety from an epidemic, though it has evolved into a shrine where patrons can pray for general good health. The shrine complex is embedded in a forest of large trees northwest of Daitoku-ji and includes many minor shrines in addition to the main shrine, or honden.[1] On every second Sunday in April, one of the 3 major festivals in Kyoto, Yasurai Matsuri, is held at the shrine. The word imamiya (今宮) means "newly constructed."[2] |
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| Main deity：Ōkuninushi |
| 4．Umenomiya Taisha ・Shinto ・Ukyō-ku in Kyoto, Japan. |
| Umenomiya Shrine (梅宮大社, Umenomiya taisha) is a Shinto shrine located in Ukyō-ku in Kyoto, Japan. |
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| 5．Akō Castle ・Shinto |
| Akō Castle (赤穂城, Akō-jō) is a flatland Japanese castle located in the city of Akō, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Built by the Asano clan in the Edo period, it was the center of Akō Domain in western Harima Province. The castle was designated a National Historic Site in 1971, with the area under protection expanded in 2003.[1] Within the castle grounds is the Nagayamon gate to the residence of Ōishi Kuranosuke, the karō of the domain under Asano Naganori. The house itself no longer exists, but its location has a separate National Historic Site designation.[2] Both the Honmaru Garden and the Ni-no-Maru Gardens have been restored to an approximation of their appearance in the Edo period, and are collectively designated a National Place of Scenic Beauty in 2021.[3] |
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| 6．Ōharano Shrine ・Shinto |
| Ōharano Shrine (大原野神社, Ōharano jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Nishikyō-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Ōharano is dedicated to the Fujiwara tutelary kami, Ame-no-Koyane, who was said to have assisted in the founding of the state.[1] |
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| Main deity：Takemikazuchi
Futsunushi
Ame-no-Koyane
Himegami |
| 7．Kamo shrines ・Shinto |
| Kamo Shrine (賀茂神社, Kamo-jinja) is a general term for an important Shinto sanctuary complex on both banks of the Kamo River in northeast Kyoto. It is centered on two shrines.[1] The two shrines, an upper and a lower, lie in a corner of the old capital which was known as the "devil's gate" (鬼門, kimon) due to traditional geomancy beliefs that the north-east corner brought misfortune. Because the Kamo River runs from the north-east direction into the city, the two shrines along the river were intended to prevent demons from entering the city.[2] |
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| 8．Shimogamo Shrine ・Shinto ・59 Shimogamo Izumigawa-chō, Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture |
| Shimogamo Shrine (Japanese: 下鴨神社, Hepburn: Shimogamo-jinja) is an important Shinto sanctuary in the Shimogamo district of Kyoto city's Sakyō ward. Its formal name is Kamo-mioya-jinja (賀茂御祖神社).[1] It is one of the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan and is one of the seventeen Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto which have been designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The term Kamo-jinja in Japanese is a general reference to Shimogamo Shrine and Kamigamo Shrine, the traditionally linked Kamo shrines of Kyoto;[2] Shimogamo is the older of the pair, being believed to be 100 years older than Kamigamo, and dating to the 6th century, centuries before Kyoto became the capital of Japan (794, see Heian-kyō). The Kamo-jinja serve the function of protecting Kyoto from malign influences.[3] |
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| Main deity：Tamakushi-hime (玉依姫命)Kamotaketsunumi no Mikoto (賀茂建角身命) |
| 9．Kamigamo Shrine ・Shinto ・339 Kamigamomotoyama, Kita-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture |
| Kamigamo Shrine (上賀茂神社, Kamigamo Jinja) is an important Shinto sanctuary on the banks of the Kamo River in north Kyoto, first founded in 678.[1] Its formal name is the Kamo-wakeikazuchi Shrine (賀茂別雷神社, Kamo-wakeikazuchi jinja).[2] It is one of the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan and is one of the seventeen Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto which have been designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The term Kamo-jinja in Japanese is a general reference to Shimogamo Shrine and Kamigamo Shrine, the traditionally linked Kamo shrines of Kyoto.[3] The Kamo-jinja serve the function of protecting Kyoto from malign influences.[4] |
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| Main deity：Kamowakeikazuchinomikoto |
| 10．Kitano Tenmangū ・Shinto ・Hakuraku-chō, Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto |
| Kitano Tenmangū (北野天満宮, Kitano-Tenmangu) is a Shinto shrine in Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan.[1] |
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| Main deity：Sugawara no Michizane |
| 11．Kifune Shrine ・Shinto |
| Kifune Shrine (貴船神社, Kifune Jinja) is a Shinto shrine located at Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture Japan. |
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| Main deity：Kuraokami |
| 12．Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine ・Shinto |
| The Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine (京都霊山護国神社, Kyōto Ryōzen Gokoku Jinja) is a Shinto Shrine located in Kyoto, Japan. It honors the heroes of Japan, especially from the period of the Bakumatsu period and the Meiji Restoration,[1] most famously Sakamoto Ryōma and his associate Nakaoka Shintarō, who are buried side by side in the shrine. Within the shrine is a monument in memory of the Bengali jurist Radhabinod Pal. |
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| 13．Goō Shrine ・Shinto ・385 Okakuenchō, Shimochōjamachi Sagaru, Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, JAPAN, 602-8011 |
| Goō Shrine (護王神社 ごおうじんじゃ Goō Jinja)[1] is a Shinto shrine located in the Kamigyō-ku district of Kyoto, Japan.[2] |
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| Main deity：Wake no Kiyomaro, Wake no Hiromushi |
| 14．Saginomori Shrine ・Shinto ・16 Shugakuin Miyanowakicho, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto, 606-8061, Japan |
| Saginomori Shrine (鷺森神社, Saginomori Jinja, Sagimori Jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan.[1] It is dedicated to the divinity Susanoo / Gozu Tennō (牛頭天王) under the name Suda Tennō (鬚咫天王). It is such a shrine of the Gion faith |
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| Main deity：Susanoo（Gozu Tennō、Suda Tennō） |
| 15．Shirakumo Shrine ・Shinto ・Kyoto |
| Shirakumo Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Kyoto Gyoen National Garden, in Kyoto, Japan. |
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| 16．Shiramine Shrine ・Shinto |
| Shiramine Shrine (白峯神宮, Shiramine jingū) is a Shinto Shrine in Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto[1] The Shrine is dedicated to the veneration of the kami of Emperor Junnin[1] and Emperor Sutoku. Annually in mid–September two Noh performances are held at the Shiramine Shrine in memory of Emperor Sutoku.[2] Shiramine is also home to the deity Seidai Myojin who is popularly known as the god of sports, and especially soccer.[3] |
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| Main deity：Emperor Junnin, Emperor Sutoku |
| 17．Seimei Shrine ・Shinto ・806 Ichijō-agaru, Horikawa-dōri, Kamigyō-ku, Kyōto-shi, Kyōto-ken〒 602-8222 |
| Seimei Shrine (晴明神社, Seimei-jinja) is a Shinto shrine that is located in Kyoto, Japan. It is dedicated to the onmyōji, Abe no Seimei. |
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| Main deity：Abe no Seimei |
| 18．Kenkun Shrine ・Shinto ・Kyōto-fuKyōto-shiKita-kuMurasakinoKitafunaoka-machi 49 |
| Kenkun Shrine (建勲神社,, Kenkun-jinja) also known as Takeisao Shrine, is a Shinto shrine in the city of Kyoto, Japan. One of the four shrines that protect Kyoto in the four cardinal directions, it protects Kyoto from the north. Oda Nobunaga, a daimyō and key figure in the unification of Japan during the late 16th century, is deified and buried inside.[1] |
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| Main deity：Oda Nobunaga |
| 19．Tadasu no Mori |
| Tadasu no Mori (糺の森), which literally translates to "Forest of Correction" or "Forest of Purification" in English, is located in the Sakyo Ward of Kyoto City, at the site of the Kamomioya Shrine. The forest itself is a sacred grove associated with an important Shinto sanctuary complex known in Japanese as the Kamo-jinja, situated near the banks of the Kamo River just north of where the Takano River joins the Kamo River in northeast Kyoto city, Japan. The term Kamo-jinja in Japanese is a general reference to Shimogamo Shrine and Kamigamo Shrine, the traditionally linked Kamo shrines of Kyoto.[1] The Kamo-jinja serve the function of protecting Kyoto from malign influences.[2] |
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| 20．Tsukiyomi Shrine (Kyoto) ・Shintoism ・15 Yamazoe-cho, Matsumuro, Nishikyo Ward, Kyoto City , Kyoto Prefecture |
| Tsukiyomi Shrine (月読神社, Tsukiyomi jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Nishikyō Ward, Kyoto, Japan. It was named as a Myōjin Taisha (名神大社, lit "Great shrine for notable god") in the ancient Japanese religious book Engishiki. Tsukiyomi Shrine is one of the "Matsuo Seven Shrines" (松尾七社), and a subsidiary shrine of Matsunoo Taisha 400 meters to the north. Its annual festival is on October 3. |
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| Main deity：Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto |
| 21．Toyokuni Shrine (Kyoto) ・Shinto ・530 Chaya-chō, Shōmen-dōri, Yamato-ōdōri, Higashiyama-ku, Kyōto-shi, Kyōto-fu |
| Toyokuni Shrine (豊国神社, Toyokuni-jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It was built in 1599 to commemorate Toyotomi Hideyoshi. It is the location of the first tamaya (a Shinto altar for ancestor worship) ever constructed, which was later destroyed by the Tokugawa clan.[1] |
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| Main deity：Toyotomi Hideyoshi |
| 22．Nishiki Tenmangū ・Shinto |
| Nishiki Tenmangū (Japanese: 錦天満宮) is a Shinto shrine located in the Nakagyō-ku district of Kyoto, Japan. In the year 1003 the shrine was established in the former residence of Sugawara no Koreyoshi, the father of Sugawara no Michizane (a scholar and a politician of the Heian period known as "the God of learning"). The shrine was moved to its current location in 1587 during the Azuchi-Momoyama period during the reconstruction of Kyoto by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.[1][2][3] |
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| Main deity：Sugawara no Michizane |
| 23．Nonomiya Shrine ・Shinto |
| Nonomiya Shrine (野宮神社, Nonomiya-jinja), or the Shrine in the Country,[1] is a Shinto shrine in the Arashiyama district on the west side of the city of Kyoto in Kyoto prefecture, Japan, close to its bamboo forest. The specific site of the shrine changed somewhat over time, as the location of the shrine was fixed anew by divination when a new imperial priestess was to undergo purification before traveling to take up her duties at Ise Shrine.[2] |
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| 24．Hirano Shrine ・Shinto |
| The Hirano Shrine (平野神社, Hirano-jinja) is a Shinto shrine in Kyoto, Japan. This shrine is known and popular for its gardens and many trees. |
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| Main deity：Imaki-no-kami (今木神)
Kudo-no-kami (久度神)
Furuaki-no-kami (古開神)
Hime-no-kami (比売神) |
| 25．Fushimi Inari-taisha ・Shinto ・Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan |
| Fushimi Inari-taisha (Japanese: 伏見稲荷大社) is the head shrine of the kami Inari, located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The shrine sits at the base of a mountain, also named Inari, which is 233 metres (764 ft) above sea level, and includes trails up the mountain to many smaller shrines which span 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) and take approximately 2 hours to walk up.[1] |
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| Main deity：Uka-no-Mitama-no-Ōkami, et al. as Inari Ōkami |
| 26．Heian Shrine ・Shinto ・97, Okazaki-Nishi-tenno-cho, Sakyō-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto Prefecture, JAPAN, 606-8341 |
| The Heian-jingu Shrine (平安神宮, Heian-jingū) is a Shinto shrine located in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The Shrine is ranked as a Beppyō Jinja (別表神社) (the top rank for shrines) by the Association of Shinto Shrines. It is listed as an important cultural property of Japan. |
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Emperor Kanmu
Emperor Kōmei
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| 27．Matsunoo Taisha ・Shinto ・3 Arashiyamamiya-chō, Nishikyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture〒 616-0024 |
| Matsunoo Taisha (松尾大社, Matsunoo Taisha/ Matsuo Taisha), formerly Matsunoo Jinja (松尾神社), is a Shinto shrine located at the far western end of Shijō Street, approximately 1.3 kilometers south of the Arashiyama district of Kyoto. It is home to a spring at the base of the mountain, Arashiyama, that is believed to be blessed. |
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| Main deity：Ō-yamagui-no-kamiNakatsu-shima-hime-no-MikotoTsukuyomi |
| 28．Miyake Hachimangū ・Shinto ・Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture |
| Miyake-Hachimangū (三宅八幡宮) is a Shinto shrine, in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The shrine is famous for worship to beneficial to children, such as baby colic, academic achievement, safe delivery of childbirth. Because Mushi (虫, parasitic worms, insects, bugs) was thought to cause baby colic (疳の虫; kan-no mushi), the shrine also has worship for power to expel Mushi. Therefore the shrine is so-called Mushi-hachiman (虫八幡). Recently, many pieces of large size of Ema was excavated, that represent worship to expel Mushi, and the Ema were designated as National Folk Cultural Properties. |
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| Main deity：Hachiman |
| 29．Yasaka Shrine ・Shinto ・Gion, Kyoto, Japan |
| Yasaka Shrine (八坂神社, Yasaka-jinja), once called Gion Shrine (祇園神社, Gion-jinja), is a Shinto shrine in the Gion District of Kyoto, Japan. Situated at the east end of Shijō-dōri (Fourth Avenue), the shrine includes several buildings, including gates, a main hall and a stage. The Yasaka shrine is dedicated to Susanoo in the tradition of the Gion faith as its chief kami, with his consort Kushinadahime on the east, and eight offspring deities (yahashira no mikogami) on the west. The yahashira no mikogami include Yashimajinumi no kami, Itakeru no kami, Ōyatsuhime no kami, Tsumatsuhime no kami, Ōtoshi no kami, Ukanomitama no kami, Ōyatsuhiko no kami, and Suseribime no mikoto.[1] |
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| Main deity：Susanoo-no-Mikoto[a]
Yashimajinumi |
| 30．Yoshida Shrine ・Shinto ・8 Yoshidakaguraokacho, Sakyō, Kyoto 〒 606-8311 |
| Yoshida Shrine (吉田神社, Yoshida jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Sakyō-ku in Kyoto, Japan. It was founded in 859 by the Fujiwara clan.[1] |
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| Main deity：Takemikazuchi
Futsunushi
Ame-no-Koyane
Himegami |
| 31．Rokusonnō Shrine ・Shinto |
| Rokusonnō Shrine (六孫王神社) is a Shinto shrine located in Minami-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the Three Genji Shrines, a group of three Japanese Shinto shrines connected with the Seiwa Genji group (the descent from Emperor Seiwa) of the Minamoto clan. |
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| 32．Imamiya Shrine ・Shinto ・21, Imamiya-cho, MurasakinoKita-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto 603-8231 |
| Imamiya Shrine (今宮神社, Imamiya-jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It was originally established for patrons to pray for safety from an epidemic, though it has evolved into a shrine where patrons can pray for general good health. The shrine complex is embedded in a forest of large trees northwest of Daitoku-ji and includes many minor shrines in addition to the main shrine, or honden.[1] On every second Sunday in April, one of the 3 major festivals in Kyoto, Yasurai Matsuri, is held at the shrine. The word imamiya (今宮) means "newly constructed."[2] |
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| Main deity：Ōkuninushi |
| 33．Ichimonjiya Wasuke |
| Ichimonjiya Wasuke (Japanese: 一文字屋和輔) is a traditional confectionery company located in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It was established in the year 1000 and is operated by the 25th generation of the same family. The recent building is about 300 years old and contains many benches and stools around small tables. Local people call the shop "Ichiwa".[1] |
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| 34．Kitano Tenmangū ・Shinto ・Hakuraku-chō, Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto |
| Kitano Tenmangū (北野天満宮, Kitano-Tenmangu) is a Shinto shrine in Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan.[1] |
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| Main deity：Sugawara no Michizane |
| 35．Kamishichiken |
| Kamishichiken (上七軒), pronounced locally as Kamihichiken, is a district of northwest Kyoto, Japan. It is the oldest hanamachi (geisha district) in Kyoto, and is located just east of the Kitano Tenman-gū Shrine. The name Kamishichiken literally means "Seven Upper Houses." These refer to the seven teahouses built from the equipment and material left over from the rebuilding of the Kitano Shrine in Muromachi era (1333–1573). |
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