Blessing / Learning & Scholarship
Learning & Scholarship Power Spots
Learning & Scholarship — 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.
Nogi Shrine
Nogi Shrine stands in Akasaka, Minato Ward, Tokyo, and enshrines General Nogi Maresuke, a renowned M…
Kameido Tenjin Shrine
Kameido Tenjin Shrine is in Koto Ward, Tokyo, and enshrines Sugawara no Michizane, the deity of lear…
Kitano Tenmangu
Kitano Tenmangu stands in Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto, and enshrines Sugawara no Michizane, the god of learn…
Nanzenji Temple
Nanzenji is the head temple of the Nanzenji branch of the Rinzai school, founded in 1291 (the 4th ye…
Zentsuji Temple
Zentsuji, in Zentsuji City, Kagawa Prefecture, is the head temple of the Zentsuji branch of Shingon …
Daitokuji Temple
Daitokuji is the head temple of the Rinzai Daitoku-ji school, in Murasakino, Kita Ward, Kyoto. It wa…
Dazaifu Tenmangu
Dazaifu Tenmangu enshrines Sugawara no Michizane, known as the 'god of learning', and is the head sh…
Abe Monjuin Temple
An old temple of the Kegon sect in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture. It is said to have originated as the cl…
Togakushi Mountain & Forest
A sacred mountain said to be the place where the great door of the Rock-Cave of Heaven was hurled. T…
Togakushi Jinja
A complex of five shrines nestled in the sacred Mt. Togakushi area northwest of Nagano City. This si…
Todaiji
The internationally famous home of the Great Buddha of Nara (Rushanabutsu, approximately 15 meters t…
Toji Temple (Kyoogokokuji)
Toji (Kyoogokokuji) is the head temple of Toji Shingon Buddhism, founded in 796. Known as the temple…
Tofukuji
A grand Zen Buddhist temple boasting Kyoto's most expansive monastic complex. Its autumn foliage is …
Kashihara Jingu
Kashihara Jingu stands in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, and enshrines Emperor Jimmu, the first emperor…
Enryakuji
The head temple of the Tendai school of Buddhism, founded by Saicho on Mt. Hiei. Called 'the Mother …
Eikando (Zenrinji Temple)
Eikando (formal name: Zenrinji) is the head temple of the Jodo-shu Seizan Zenrin-ji school, in Sakyo…
Horyuji
The oldest wooden structures in the world, built by Prince Shotoku. The precincts are divided into t…
Kiyomizudera
This iconic Kyoto temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the origin of the Japanese expression 'ju…
Yushima Tenmangu (Yushima Tenjin)
Yushima Tenmangu is a shrine in Yushima, Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, widely known as 'Yushima Tenjin.' It en…
Terukuni Shrine
Terukuni Shrine stands in Kagoshima and enshrines Shimazu Nariakira, the 11th lord of the Satsuma do…
Ishiyamadera Temple
Ishiyamadera, in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture, is a head temple of Toji Shingon Buddhism, said to hav…
Chichibu Jinja
Chichibu Jinja stands in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, and is an ancient shrine counted among the 'C…
Yamadera (Risshakuji Temple)
Risshakuji, familiarly known as 'Yamadera,' is an old Tendai temple spread across the hillside in no…
Kofukuji Temple
Kofukuji, in Nara City, is a head temple of the Hosso school and the family temple of the Fujiwara c…
Nonomiya Jinja
Nonomiya Jinja is a quiet shrine surrounded by the bamboo groves of Arashiyama and Sagano. It enshri…
Ginkakuji (Jishoji Temple)
Ginkakuji (formal name: Jishoji) is a Zen temple of the Shokokuji school of Rinzai Zen, originating …
Hofu Tenmangu
Hofu Tenmangu, in Hofu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, is known as Japan's first Tenmangu shrine, founde…
Kozanji Temple
Located in Toganoo, Ukyo Ward, Kyoto, this is an independent temple of the Shingon tradition, formal…
Ryugado Cave
Ryugado is one of Japan's Three Great Limestone Caves, in Kami, Kochi Prefecture, with a total lengt…