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Browse places by what they are locally associated with, by the spiritual entity they enshrine, or by region.
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- Money & ProsperityPlaces associated with money and prosperity.37 places
- Love & RomancePlaces associated with love and romance.19 places
- Career & WorkPlaces associated with career and work.15 places
- Health & HealingPlaces associated with health and healing.32 places
- Exams & StudyPlaces associated with exams and study.18 places
- Protection & SafetyPlaces associated with protection and safety.81 places
- PurificationPlaces associated with purification.6 places
- Family & HomePlaces associated with family and home.23 places
- Fertility & ChildrenPlaces associated with fertility and children.26 places
- Bonds & MatchmakingPlaces associated with bonds and matchmaking.13 places
- Skill & MasteryPlaces associated with skill and mastery in a discipline.10 places
- Wish FulfillmentPlaces said to hear one heartfelt wish.15 places
- MiscellaneousPlaces whose stated devotion fits no ordinary category.4 places
Browse by spiritual entity
- Ame-no-Hirinome (天比理乃咩命)Consort of Ame-no-Futodama, associated with prayers being fulfilled and with safety at sea.1 place
- Ame-no-Hohi (天穂日命)Deity born in the contest between Amaterasu and Susanoo, counted as the ancestor of the Sugawara line.2 places
- Ame-no-Uzume (天鈿女命)The dancer of the heavenly rock cave myth, revered as the deity of the performing arts.1 place
- Amenominakanushi (天之御中主神)The first deity of the Kojiki, appearing at the beginning of heaven, and an ancestor of the Japanese deities.5 places
- Amitābha (Amida Nyorai · Amita-bul, 阿弥陀如来)The buddha of the Pure Land, and the principal image of Jōdo-shū temples.2 places
- Dangun (檀君)The founding figure of Gojoseon, to whom rites were offered at the altar on Manisan.1 place
- Ebisu (恵比寿, Sukunahikona)One of the Seven Lucky Gods, associated with business prosperity, medicine and good fortune.4 places
- Emperor Chuai (仲哀天皇)Legendary fourteenth emperor, husband of Empress Jingu and father of Emperor Ojin, enshrined with them at some Hachiman shrines.5 places
- Emperor Meiji (明治天皇)The Meiji emperor (1852–1912), enshrined at Meiji Jingu.3 places
- Empress Jingu (神功皇后)Legendary consort of Emperor Chuai and mother of Emperor Ojin, enshrined with him at Hachiman shrines.18 places
- Empress Shōken (昭憲皇太后)Consort of Emperor Meiji (1849–1914), enshrined at Meiji Jingu.1 place
- Fukurokuju (福禄寿)One of the seven deities of fortune, associated with character, fortune and wealth, and with long life.2 places
- Ganzan Daishi (元三大師, Ryōgen)The Tendai abbot who restored Mount Hiei, and whom temples credit with originating omikuji.1 place
- Hachiman (八幡神)Identified with Emperor Ōjin, and among the most widely enshrined deities in Japan.22 places
- Homusubi no Mikoto (火産霊命)A deity of fire, enshrined at Atago shrines as protection against it.2 places
- Izanagi (伊邪那岐命)With Izanami, the deity who created the land of Japan and bore the deities.10 places
- Izanami (伊邪那美命)With Izanagi, the deity who created the land of Japan and bore the deities.8 places
- Izuna Daigongen (飯縄大権現)The principal image of Takaosan Yakuo-in, attended by tengu.1 place
- Jajang (慈藏, 590–658)The Silla monk who brought relics of the Buddha back from Tang China.9 places
- Jinja Daiō (深沙大王)A water deity said to remove epidemics and keep demons at a distance.1 place
- Seongmo of Jirisan (智異山 聖母)The Holy Mother of Jirisan, honoured in a rite that has moved three times in a thousand years.1 place
- Avalokiteśvara (Kannon · Gwaneum, 観音菩薩)The bodhisattva of compassion, enshrined at Senso-ji and temples across Japan.21 places
- Kishimojin (鬼子母神)Hariti, a child-stealing demon in the Indian story who repented and became a protector of children and of followers of the Lotus Sutra.1 place
- Mañjuśrī (文殊菩薩, Munsu)The bodhisattva of wisdom, whose Korean cult centres on Odaesan.4 places
- Muhak Daesa (無學大師, 1327–1405)The monk who advised Taejo, and the figure enshrined at Guksadang.2 places
- Ninigi (瓊瓊杵尊)Grandson of Amaterasu, who descended from heaven to rule the land.1 place
- Ōkuchi-no-Magami (大口真神, Oinu-sama)The wolf deity of Mount Mitake, turned to against evil and against theft.1 place
- Ōkuninushi (大国主命)The deity of Izumo Taisha, associated with country-building and with the tying of bonds.24 places
- Yagokoro-Omoikane (八意思兼命)Deity of wisdom and counsel, who devised the plan that drew Amaterasu out of the rock cave.1 place
- Sansin (山神), the mountain godThe god of a mountain, housed in a hall inside Buddhist temple grounds across Korea.2 places
- Susanoo no Mikoto (素盞嗚尊)Storm deity of Shinto myth, enshrined widely as a deity who wards off calamity.11 places
- Taira no Masakado (平将門)A tenth-century figure enshrined at Kanda Myojin since 1309 as a deity who wards off calamity.1 place
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (徳川家康)The first Tokugawa shogun, enshrined after his death in 1616 as the deity Tōshō Daigongen.2 places
- Uisang (義湘, 625–702)The Silla monk who founded Naksansa after meeting Avalokiteśvara on the coast.2 places
- Vairocana (毘盧遮那佛, Birojana)The cosmic buddha of Hwaeom teaching, enshrined as the principal image at many Korean temples.3 places
- Yi Gap-ryong (李甲龍, 1860–1957)The lay ascetic who raised the stone towers at Maisan over a lifetime.1 place
- Inari (稲荷大神)The deity of rice and of prosperity in trade, enshrined at more shrines in Japan than any other.18 places
- Tenjin (天神, Sugawara no Michizane)The deified Sugawara no Michizane, venerated as the deity of learning.14 places
- Benzaiten (弁才天)Deity of water, music and eloquence, identified in Japan with Ichikishimahime and associated with wealth.3 places
- Daikokuten (大黒天, Ōnamuchi)One of the Seven Lucky Gods, associated with good matches, household prosperity and the tying of bonds.1 place
- Fudō Myōō (不動明王)The immovable wisdom king, wreathed in flame, invoked against calamity and in the goma fire rite.6 places
- Ōyamakui no Kami (大山咋神)Deity of Hie and Sanno shrines, whose messenger is the monkey.2 places
- Amaterasu Ōmikami (天照大御神)The sun deity of Shinto, enshrined at Ise and at shrines that branch from it.23 places