Health & Healing
Places associated with health and healing.
Places with a stated association with health and recovery, most often through a deity described as one of medicine, such as Sukunahikona or Yakushi Nyorai. The pages record what each institution says people pray for. None of them makes a medical claim, and neither does this site.
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ShrineMeiji Jingu
- Health & Healing
- Protection & Safety
- Bonds & Matchmaking
A 1920 Shinto shrine in central Tokyo enshrining Emperor Meiji and Empress Shōken, set in a 70-hectare forest that was planted from scratch and is visited today for prayers about bonds, protection and health.
ShrineNezu Shrine
- Career & Work
- Exams & Study
- Family & Home
A Bunkyo shrine whose entire 1706 complex survives intact as an Important Cultural Property, rare in Tokyo, with an azalea hill and a tunnel of small red torii (鳥居).
ShrineUeno Toshogu
- Career & Work
- Health & Healing
A shrine in Ueno Park founded in 1627 to Tokugawa Ieyasu, whose gilded 1651 hall survived the Ueno war, the earthquake and the air raids intact.