Shrines

Kawai Shrine

Kawai Shrine is the oldest subsidiary shrine of Shimogamo Shrine and is famous throughout Japan as a shrine dedicated to...

59 Shimogamo Izumikawa-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Shiramine Shrine

Shiramine Shrine is a historic Shinto shrine dedicated to Emperor Sutoku and Emperor Junnin, two emperors who spent thei...

261 Asukai-cho, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Goryo Shrine

Goryo Shrine is a historic shrine located northeast of Kyoto Gyoen National Garden. It is one of Kyoto’s most impo...

495 Kamigoryo Tate-machi, Kamigoryomae-dori Karasuma Higashi-iru, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Goo Shrine

Goo Shrine is a historic Shinto shrine located on the western side of Kyoto Gyoen National Garden. Dedicated to Wake no ...

385 Sakura-tsurumaru-cho, Karasuma-dori Shimochojamachi-sagaru, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Shimogoryo Shrine

Shimogoryo Shrine is a historic Shinto shrine located southeast of Kyoto Gyoen National Garden. It preserves the ancient...

634 Shimogoryomae-cho, Teramachi-dori Marutamachi-sagaru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Seimei Shrine

Seimei Shrine is dedicated to Abe no Seimei, Japan’s most celebrated onmyoji (master of Yin-Yang divination) from ...

806 Seimei-cho, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Suika Tenmangu Shrine

Suika Tenmangu Shrine is believed to be Kyoto’s oldest Tenmangu shrine, dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane, the de...

Takenobu Inari Shrine

Takenobu Inari Shrine is a small but historically significant shrine in central Kyoto. Dedicated to the Inari deity, it ...

38 Imashinzaike Nishi-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Kitano Tenmangu Shrine

Kitano Tenmangu Shrine is the head shrine of approximately 12,000 Tenmangu shrines across Japan and is dedicated to Suga...

Bakuro-cho, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Daishogun Hachi Shrine

Daishogun Hachi Shrine is a historic Shinto shrine in northwestern Kyoto dedicated to the Daishogun deities, guardians o...

48 Nishimachi, Ichijo-dori Onmae Nishi-iru, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Kadode Hachimangu Shrine

Kadode Hachimangu Shrine is a small but historically significant shrine in Kyoto dedicated to safe journeys and new begi...

102-1 Sakurai-cho, Chiekoin-dori Imadegawa Agaru, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Nishiki Tenmangu Shrine

Nishiki Tenmangu Shrine is a lively shrine dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane, the deity of learning, located at the eas...

537 Nakano-cho, Shinkyogoku-dori Shijo Agaru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Gosho Hachimangu Shrine

Gosho Hachimangu Shrine is a historic Shinto shrine located near Karasuma Oike in central Kyoto. Named for its close ass...

594-1 Kikkoya-cho, Oike-dori Takakura Higashi-iru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Kandaijin Shrine

Kandaijin Shrine is a historic Shinto shrine located in central Kyoto and is dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane, Japan&#...

189 Kandaijin-cho, Bukkoji-dori Shinmachi Nishi-iru, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Takamatsu Shinmei Shrine

Takamatsu Shinmei Shrine is a small Shinto shrine located in central Kyoto near Karasuma Oike. Dedicated to Amaterasu Om...

790 Tsugaru-cho, Anekoji-dori Kamanza Sagaru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Mikane Shrine

Mikane Shrine is a small but famous Shinto shrine in central Kyoto dedicated to Kanayamahiko-no-Mikoto, the deity of met...

618 Oshinishinotoin-cho, Nishinotoin-dori Oike Agaru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Ichihime Shrine

Ichihime Shrine is a historic Shinto shrine in central Kyoto, renowned throughout Japan as the guardian shrine for women...

Nishi-iru, Hitosuji-me, Kawaramachi Gojo Sagaru, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Gojo Tenjinja Shrine

Gojo Tenjinja Shrine is a historic Shinto shrine located in central Kyoto. Dedicated to Sukunahikona-no-Mikoto, the deit...

Corner of Nishinotoin-dori and Matsubara-dori, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Kasuga Shrine

Kasuga Shrine is a historic Shinto shrine located in the Saiin district of Kyoto’s Ukyo Ward. Dedicated to the sam...

61 Saiin Kasuga-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan