Shrines in Kyoto

Discover 12 places tagged “shrines” in Kyoto.

Seimei Shrine

A pentagram-covered shrine dedicated to a famed court astrologer known in the west as the Merlin of Japan.

Nyan-nyan-ji

A century-old house transformed into a cat temple by an artist.

Kifune Shrine

This ancient, tranquil shrine is the birthplace of ema prayer boards and the Ushi-no-toki-mairi curse ritual.

Nishiki Tenmangū Shrine

A 1000-year-old shrine in Kyoto with a poorly planned sacred arch.

Yakuso-Jinshi - Hippocratic Shrine.

Yakuso-Jinshi - Hippocratic Shrine

An ancient Greek physician is honored as a god at this hole-in-the-wall shrine.

Dendengu

Denden-gu

A small shrine dedicated to a god of lightning and electronics.

Bunnies

Okazaki Shrine

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

Yasui Kompira-gu Shrine.

Yasui Kompira-gu Shrine

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

Parents of deceased children place colorful "bibs" on Jizo statues to show their gratitude for his protection in the afterlife.

Kiyomizu-Dera Temple

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

Sake kegs outside the Go'o Shrine.

Go'o Shrine

Shrine dedicated to boars that is believed to cure foot and leg injuries.

Tenryu-Ji Shrine's Bamboo Trail

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine

The 10,000 Torii shrine.