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Finding a Good Match Power Spots
Finding a Good Match — we introduce shrines, temples, nature spots, and sacred sites said to grant this blessing. Offer your prayers at these revered places where people have gathered since ancient times.
Mimurotoji Temple
Located in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, this is a temple of the Honzan Shugen sect, formally named Myojoza…
Shimogamo Jinja
Shimogamo Jinja (formally Kamomioya Jinja) is one of the oldest shrines in Kyoto and a component of …
Ninnaji Temple
Ninnaji is the head temple of the Omuro branch of Shingon Buddhism, founded in 888 (the 4th year of …
Imamiya Jinja
Imamiya Jinja is a shrine with a long history in Murasakino, Kita Ward, Kyoto. It originated in the …
Imado Jinja
Imado Jinja is an ancient shrine in Imado, Taito Ward, Tokyo. It is said to have been founded in 106…
Yasaka Jinja
Yasaka Jinja stands in Gion, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, and is an ancient shrine affectionately known …
Yaegaki Jinja
Yaegaki Jinja, in Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture, is an ancient shrine with nationwide fame as a ma…
Izumo Taisha
One of Japan's oldest and most revered shrines, drawing worshippers from across the country seeking …
Jishu Jinja
Jishu Jinja is a shrine for good relationships located within the grounds of Kiyomizudera, a World H…
Yasui Konpira-gu Shrine
Yasui Konpira-gu Shrine stands in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, and is known for its power to cut off bad…
Kawagoe Hikawa Jinja
Kawagoe Hikawa Jinja stands in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture, an ancient shrine with a history of…
Meiji Jingu Shrine
This serene shrine stands amid a vast forest of approximately 700,000 square meters in the heart of …
Tokyo Daijingu
Located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, this shrine was founded in 1880 (the 13th year of Meiji) as a place to wo…
Kashihara Jingu
Kashihara Jingu stands in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, and enshrines Emperor Jimmu, the first emperor…
Musashi Ichinomiya Hikawa Jinja
Musashi Ichinomiya Hikawa Jinja stands in Omiya Ward, Saitama, and is a distinguished ancient shrine…
Enoshima Jinja
Located on Enoshima Island in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, this shrine has a distinctive form of w…
Kumano Nachi Taisha
Kumano Nachi Taisha, on Mt. Nachi in Nachikatsuura Town, Wakayama Prefecture, is a World Heritage sa…
Geibikei Gorge
Geibikei is a gorge about 2 kilometers long along the Satetsu River in Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture.…
Tamatsukuri Inari Shrine
Tamatsukuri Inari Shrine stands in Chuo Ward, Osaka, and is known for blessings of business prosperi…
Ikuta Jinja
Ikuta Jinja stands in Chuo Ward, Kobe, and is an ancient shrine whose main deity is Wakahirume no Mi…
Taimadera Temple
An old temple in Katsuragi, Nara Prefecture, unusual in being jointly maintained by Koyasan Shingon …
Shirayama Hime Jinja
Shirayama Hime Jinja stands in Hakusan, Ishikawa Prefecture, and is the head shrine of about 2,000 H…
Kifune Jinja
Kifune Jinja is the head shrine of about 450 shrines across Japan that enshrine water deities. It en…
Akasaka Hikawa Shrine
Akasaka Hikawa Shrine stands in Akasaka, Minato Ward, Tokyo, and is deeply revered as a shrine for m…
Nonomiya Jinja
Nonomiya Jinja is a quiet shrine surrounded by the bamboo groves of Arashiyama and Sagano. It enshri…
Hasedera Temple (Nara)
Hasedera, in Hatsuse, Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture, is the head temple of the Buzan branch of Shing…
Hasedera Temple (Kamakura)
Hasedera, in Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture, is an independent temple of the Jodo school said to…
Takase Shrine
Takase Shrine stands in Nanto, Toyama Prefecture, and is a prestigious shrine that has long been rev…