Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha
Miyacho, Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan Shinto
Head shrine of more than 1,300 Sengen shrines and a historic pilgrimage gateway for worship of Mount Fuji.
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Fushimi Inari Taisha
Fushimi, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan Shinto
Head shrine of Inari worship, internationally famous for its thousands of vermilion torii gates on Mount Inari.
Ise Jingu Naiku (Inner Shrine)
Uji, Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan Shinto
Japan’s most sacred Shinto sanctuary, dedicated to Amaterasu Omikami and central to the Ise pilgrimage tradition.
Izumo Taisha
Taisha-cho Kizukihigashi, Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan Shinto
One of Japan’s oldest and most important Shinto shrines, associated with Okuninushi and traditions of divine gathering and matchmaking.
Kasuga Taisha
Kasuganocho, Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan Shinto
UNESCO-listed Nara shrine of the Fujiwara tradition, famous for sacred deer, primeval forest and thousands of lanterns.
Kumano Nachi Taisha
Nachisan, Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan Shinto
Kumano grand shrine above Nachi Falls, joining waterfall worship, pilgrimage and a rare surviving Shinto-Buddhist sacred landscape.