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Recent Updates
September 2020
Sumiyoshi Taisha Shukuintongū Ōsaka-fu, Sakai-shi, Sakai-ku (9/22)
Shinmei Jinja Ōsaka-fu, Sakai-shi, Sakai-ku (9/9)
August 2020
Aguchi Jinja Ōsaka-fu, Sakai-shi, Sakai-ku (8/30)
Sugawara Jinja Ōsaka-fu, Sakai-shi, Sakai-ku (8/16)
Horikoshi Jinja Ōsaka-shi, Tennōji-ku (8/4)
July 2020
Kobore Inari Jinja Ōsaka-shi, Tennōji-ku (7/26)
Kōzu-gū Ōsaka-shi, Chūō-ku (7/15)
June 2020
Gojō-no-Miya Ōsaka-shi, Tennōji-ku (6/30)
Ōe Jinja Ōsaka-shi, Tennōji-ku (6/17)
Sukunahi-hikona Jinja Ōsaka-shi, Chūō-ku (6/3)
May 2020
Ikasuri Jinja Ōsaka-fu, Ōsaka-shi, Chūō-ku (5/24)
Goryō Jinja Ōsaka-fu, Ōsaka-shi, Chūō-ku (5/15)
Ichinotsubo Jinja Kanagawa-ken, Kawasaki-shi, Nakahara-ku (5/5)
April 2020
Takaoka Jinja Hyōgo-ken, Himeji-shi
Ikuta Jinja Hyōgo-ken, Kōbe-shi, Chūō-ku (4/20)
Inage Jinja Kanagawa-ken, Kawasaki-shi, Kawasaki-ku (4/6)
March 2020
Omatonotsunoten Jinja Tōkyō, Inagi-shi (3/25)
Tsukudo Jinja Tōkyō, Chiyoda-ku (3/17)
Inari Ōkami Kanagawa-ken, Yokohama-shi, Isogo-ku (3/6)
Negishi Hachiman-Gu Kanagawa-ken, Yokohama-shi, Isogo-ku (3/1)
November 2019
Sugimori Jinja Tōkyō, Chūō-ku (11/24)
Suehiro Jinja Tōkyō, Chūō-ku (11/17)
October 2019
Senzoku Ike Benzaiten Tōkyō, Ōta-ku (10/30)
Senzoku Hachiman Jinja Tōkyō, Ōta-ku (10/25)
Shinmei Hikawa Jinja Tōkyō-to, Nakano-ku )10/14)
Noborito Inari-Sha Kanagawa-ken, Kawasaki-shi, Tama-ku (10/5)
September 2019
Negishi Inari Jinja Kanagawa-ken, Kawasaki-shi, Tama-ku (9/29)
Gotanda Jinja Kanagawa-ken, Kawasaki-shi, Tama-ku (9/22)
July 2019
Ōji Inari Jinja Tōkyō, Kita-ku (7/15)
Ōji Jinja Tōkyō, Kita-ku (7/11)
May 2019
Ichigaya-Kameoka-Hachiman-Gū Tōkyō, Shinjuku-ku (5/25)
Nishimuki Ten Jinja Tōkyō, Shinjuku-ku (5/18)
Musashi Mitake Jinja Tōkyō, Ōme-shi (5/10)
April 2019
Ana Hachiman-Gū Tōkyō, Shinjuku-ku (4/29)
Nishikubo Hachiman Jinja Tōkyō, Minato-ku (4/22)
Hirakawa Tenman-Gū Tōkyō, Chiyoda-ku (4/15)
Ebisu Jinja Tōkyō, Shibuya-ku (4/7)
March 2019
Shibuya Hikawa Jinja Tōkyō, Shibuya-ku (3/30)
Azabu Hikawa Jinja Tōkyō, Minato-ku (3/24)
Yakumo Jinja Tōkyō, Fuchū-shi (3/10)
February 2019
Hie Jinja Tōkyō, Chiyoda-ku (2/20)
Tenmanten Jinja Kanagawa-ken, Kawasak-shi, Saiwai-ku (2/14)
Kashima Daijin Kanagawa-ken, Kawasak-shi, Saiwai-ku (2/7)i
January 2019
Kashima JInja Tōkyō, Edogawa-ku (1/25)
Sengen Jinja (Shinozaki) Tōkyō, Edogawa-ku (1/13)
How many shrines in Itabashi-ku? At least 83 (1/31)
December 2018
Sugita Hachiman-Gū Kanagawa-ken, Yokohama-shi, Isogo-ku (12/2?)
Tomiduka Hachiman-Gū Kanagawa-ken, Yokohama-shi, Totsuka-ku (12/17)
Takuzōsu Inari Tōkyō, Bunkyō-ku (12/8)
Kitano Jinja (UshiTenjin) Tōkyō, Bunkyō-ku (12/2)
How many shrines in Arakawa-ku? At least 34 (12/29)
How many shrines in Toshima-ku? At least 41 (12/7)
November 2018
Kanda Jinja Tokyo, Chiyoda-ku (11/??)
Aoto Jinja Tōkyō, Katsushika-ku (11/12)
Tenso Jinja (Nishidai) Tōkyō, Itabashi-ku (11/6)
How many shrines in Suginami-ku? At least 86 (11/15)
October 2018
Inari Jinja (Nojima) Yokohama-shi, Kanazawa-ku (10/31)
Seto Jinja Yokohama-shi, Kanazawa-ku (10/22)
Tomioka Hachiman-Gū Yokohama-shi, Kanazawa-ku (10/16)
Hikawa Jinja (Monzen) Tōkyō, Higashikurume-shi (10/10)
Tomioka Hachiman-Gū Tōkyō, Kōtō-ku (10/5)
How many shrines in Nakano-ku? At least 44 (10/28)
How many shrines in Shibuya-ku? At least 35 (10/8)
September 2018
Hikawa Jinja (Minamisawa) Tōkyō, Higashikurume-shi (9/30)
Kajiwara Inari Jinja Tōkyō, Shinagawa-ku (9/25)
Hachiman Jinja (Samezu) Tōkyō, Shinagawa-ku (9/18)
Kifune Jinja Tōkyō, Shinagawa-ku (9/14)
Irugi Jinja Tōkyō, Shinagawa-ku (9/10)
Sansha Jinja Nagano-ken, Shiojiri (9/1)
How many shrines in Shinagawa-ku? At least 77 (9/22)
How many shrines in Kōtō-ku? At least 66 (9/6)
August 2018
Shinmei-Gū Jōgeniza Nagano-ken, Shiojiri (8/29)
Hie Jinja Kanagawa-ken, Kawasaki-shi (8/24)
Higashitamagawa Jinja Tōkyō, Setagaya-ku (8/18)
Mitake Jinja Nagano-ken, Shiojiri (8/03)
Average population per shrine for all prefectures (8/31)
How many shrines in Meguro-ku? At least 21 (8/30)
How many shrines in Sumida-ku? At least 51 (8/10)
July 2018
Mishimayama Jinja Nagano-ken, Shiojiri (7/29)
Arei Jinja Nagano-ken, Shiojiri (7/26)
Daimon Jinja Nagano-ken, Shiojiri (7/23))
Osakada Benzaiten Nagano-ken, Shiojiri (7/19)
Amanuma Kumano Jinja Tōkyō, Suginami-ku (7/3)
How many shrines in Bunkyō-ku? At least 50 (7/06)
June 2018
Amanuma Hachiman Jinja Tōkyō, Suginami-ku (6/28)
Misono Jinja Tōkyō, Ōta-ku (6/24)
Onnazuka Jinja Tōkyō, Ōta-ku (6/19)
Hieta Jinja Tōkyō, Ōta-ku (6/16)
Maruyama-zuijin Inari-daimyōjin Tōkyō, Ōta-ku (6/9)
Shiba Tōshō-gū Tōkyō, Minato-ku (6/6)
How many shrines in Kita-ku? at least 77 (6/30)
How many shrines in Minato-ku? At least 71 (6/18)
May 2018
Karasumori Jinja Tōkyō, Minato-ku (5/31)
Takanawa Jinja Tōkyō, Minato-ku (5/29)
Mita Hachiman Jinja Tōkyō, Minato-ku (5/24)
Shiba Daijingū Tōkyō, Minato-ku (5/15)
Egara Ten Jinja Kanagawa, Kamakura (5/12)
Yukigaya-Ōtsuka Inari Jinja Tōkyō, Ōta-ku (5/8)
Noge Rokusho Jinja Tōkyō, Setagaya-ku (5/4)
How many shrines in Chūō-ku? At least 48 (5/30)
How many shrines in Chiyoda-ku? At least 38 (5/6)
Shibuya Hikawa Jinja Tōkyō, Shibuya-ku
March 2023
Watatsumi Jinja Hyogo-ken, Kobe-shi (3/??9
Ono Terusaki Shrine Tōkyō Taitō-ku (3/19)
Oyama Afuri Shrine Kanagawa-ken, Isehara-shi (3/5)
February 2023
Minatogawa Shrine Hyogo-ken, Kobe-shi (2/20)
Ha Jinja Osaka-shi, Kita-ku (2/6)
January 2023
Tsunashiki Ten Shrine /Otabi-sha Osaka-shi, Kita-ku (1/31)
Tsunashiki Ten Shrine Osaka-shi, Kita-ku (1/23)
Seitaga Shrine Nagano-ken, Matsumoto (1/15)
Sarutahiko Shrine Nagano-ken, Matsumoto (1/4)
Hachiman Shrine (Matsumoto) Nagano-ken, Matsumoto-shi (1/2)
Shakujii Shrine Tōkyō, Nerima-ku (12/18)
November 2022
Shakujii Inari Shrine Tōkyō, Nerima-ku (11/30)
Miharadai Inari Srine Tōkyō, Nerima-ku (11/25)
Mitsumine Shrine Tochigi-ken, Oyama-shi (11/13)
Torikoe Shrine Tōkyō, Taito-ku (11/6)
October 2022
Suga Shrine Tochigi-ken, Omiya-shi (10/30)
Kajitori Inari Shrine Tōkyō, Taito-ku (10/24)
Yakumo Hikawa Shrine Tōkyō, Meguro-ku (10/20)
Itsukushima Jinja Tōkyō, Meguro-ku (10/14)
Tenso Jinja Tōkyō, Meguro-ku (10/4)
September 2022
Karasumori Inari Jinja Tōkyō, Meguro-ku (9/29)
Kasamori Inari Daimyojin Tōkyō, Meguro-ku (9/26)
Nishiayase Inari Jinja Tōkyō, Adachi-ku (9/2)
August 2022
Ayase Jinja Tōkyō, Adachi-ku (8/28)
Kitano Jinja (Ayase) Tōkyō, Adachi-ku (8/23)
Inari Jinja (Ayase) Tōkyō, Adachi-ku (8/14)
July 2022
Yoga Jinja Tōkyō, Setagaya-ku (7/31)
Rokusho Jinja Tōkyō, Setagaya-ku (7/19)
June 2022
Shirahata Jinja Kanagawa-ken, Totsuka-ku (6/30)
Sanno Hiei Jinja Tōkyō-to, Ōta-ku (6/20)
Kashima Jinja Tōkyō, Shinagawa-ku (6/8)
May 2022
Hachiman Jinja (Shibamata) Tōkyō, Katsushita-ku (5/7)
Fujimori Inari Jinja Tōkyō-to, Ōta-ku (5/1)
April 2022
Hachiman Jinja (Miyamaedaira) Kanagawa, Miyamaedaira (4/7)
January 2022
Chichibu Jinja Saitama-ken, Chichibu-shi (1/18)
December 2021
Kuzuha-inari Jinja Saitama-ken, Chichibu-sh (12/28)
Akiba Jinja Saitama-ken, Chichibu-shi (12/20)
November 2021
Imamiya Jinja Saitama-ken, Chichibu (11/29)
Ne Jinja Kanagawa, Yokohama, Naka-ku (11/6)
October 2021
Iseyama Kotaijingu Kanagawa, Yokohama, Naka-ku
Fukishiro Inari Jinja Tōkyō-to, Minato-ku
Atago Jinja Tokyo-to, Chiyoda-ku
August 2021
Kadode Hachiman-gu Kyoto-shi, Kamigyo-ku (8/31)
Yasui Jinja Ōsaka-shi, Tennōji-ku (8/16)
July 2021
Miyado Jinja Saitama-ken, Asaka-shi
Ibaraki-ken Gokoku Jinja Ibaraki-ken, Mito-shi
May 2021
Tatehikawa Jinja Saitama, Shiki-shi (5/18)
Senba Jinja Ibaraki-ken, Mito-shi (5/4)
April 2021
Tokiwa Jinja Ibaraki-ken, Mito-shi
Ikushima-Tarushima Jinja Nagano-ken, Ueda-shi (4/11)
February 2021
Sueyoshi-Gū Okinawa-ken, Naha-shi (2/23)
Hashirimizu Jinja Kanagawa-ken, Yokosuka-shi (2/11)
January 2021
Bessho Jinja Nagano- ken, Ueda-shi (1/30)
Akihasan-hongū Akiha Jinja Shizuoka-ken, Hamamatsu-shi (1/22)
Yoshida Jinja Ibaraki-ken, Mito-shi (1/4)
April 2018
Tamagawa Jinja Tōkyō, Setagaya-ku (4/30)
Dennenchōfu Hachiman Jinja Tōkyō, Ōta-ku (4/25)
Ebisu Jinja Kanagawa, Kamakura (4/19)
Inari Kiō Jinja Tōkyō, Shinjuku-ku (4/16)
Nakano Hikawa Jinja Tōkyō, Nakano-ku (4/9)
Meotogi Jinja Tōkyō, Shinjuku-ku (4/2)
Shinjuku Shichi Fukujin 新宿七福神 (4/19)
March 2018
Yoroi Jinja Tōkyō, Shinjuku-ku (3/31)
Tenjin-sha Tōkyō, Shinjuku-ku (3/25)
Tokumochi Jinja Tōkyō, Ōta-ku (3/22)
Rokugō Jinja Tōkyō, Ōta-ku (3/17)
Ōta Jinja Tōkyō, Ōta-ku (3/15)
Michizuka Jinja Tōkyō, Ōta-ku (3/08)
Myōhō Inari Jinja Tōkyō, Ōta-ku (3/06)
Tamagawa Suwa Jinja Tōkyō, Ōta-ku (3/03)
How many shrines in Shinjuku? (3/22)
Gozu-Tennō 牛頭天王 (3/18)
February 2018
Hakusan Jinja Tōkyō, Ōta-ku (2/25)
Tamagawa Benzaiten Jinja Tōkyō, Ōta-ku (2/23)
Fujisaki Inari Jinja Tōkyō, Ōta-ku (2/20)
Haneda Jinja Tōkyō, Ōta-ku (2/16)
Shirauo Inari Jinja Tōkyō, Ōta-ku (2/11)
Anamori Inari Jinja Tōkyō, Ōta-ku (2/5)
January 2018
Hiyoshi Jinja Kanagawa, Yokohama, Kōhoku-ku (1/30)
Sengen Jinja, (Tamaga Tōkyō, Ōta-ku (1/27)
Iyahiko Sha Nagano-ken, Shiojiri (1/18)
Tokō Jinja Nagano, Shiojiri-shi (1/14)
Higakuataritasuku Jinja Nagano-ken, Shiojiri (1/7)
Kumano Sha Nagano-ken, Shiojiri (1/5)
Mitsumine Jinja Tōkyō, Setagaya-ku (1/3)
Daita Hachiman Jinja Tōkyō, Setagaya-ku (1/2)
December 2017
Keihin Fushimi Inari Jinja Kanagawa, Kawasaki, Nakahara-ku (12-27)
Kitazawa Hachiman Jinja Tōkyō, Setagaya-ku (12/23)
Ikejiri Inari Jinja Tōkyō, Setagaya-ku (12/12)
People: revamped the page to make it more mobile friendly (12/11)
November 2017
Nishimori Inari Jinja Yokohama, Minami-ku (11/24)
Sugiyama Jinja Yokohama, Minami-ku (11/24)
Namiyoke-Inari Jinja Tōkyō, Chūō-ku (11/19)
Hikawa-Nyotai Jinja Saitama, Saitama-shi (11/11)
Nezu Jinja Tōkyō, Bunkyō-ku (11/3)
October 2017
Atsuta Jinja Tōkyō,Taitō-ku (10/29)
Imado Jinja Tōkyō,Taitō-ku (10/26)
Hachiman Jinja (Yuk Tōkyō, Ōta-ku (10/13)
Suga Jinja (Kitami) Tōkyō, Setagaya-ku (10/3)
Inari Jinja (Kitami) Tōkyō, Setagaya-ku (10/2)
Kitami-Hikawa Jinja Tōkyō, Setagaya-ku (10/1)
Tōkyō Shitamachi Eight Fuku-Jin 東京下町八福神 (10/24)
Kisshōten The Goddess of Beauty, Fortune and Prosperity (10/22)
Hotei The God of Fortune (10/19)
Bishamonte The God of War(10/16)
The Soga Cla 蘇我氏 (10/11)
Fukurokuju The God of Longevity (10/6)
Jurōjin The God of Wisdom (10/5)
September 2017
Seiso-Suga Jinja Tōkyō, Suginami-ku (9/24)
Ozaki-Kumano Jinja Tōkyō, Suginami-ku (9/22)
Seiso-shirayama Jinja Tōkyō, Suginami-ku (9/21)
Ōmiya Hachiman-Gū Tōkyō, Suginami-ku (9/20)
Senjumoto Hikawa Jinja Tōkyō, Adachi-ku (9/15)
Motojukuseki Inari Jinja Tōkyō, Adachi-ku (9/13)
Motojuku Jinja Tōkyō, Adachi-ku (9/10)
Hikawa Jinja (Ōkawa-chō) Tōkyō, Adachi-ku (9/6)
Hikawa Jinja (Naka-chō) Tōkyō, Adachi-ku (9/2)
Senju Shichi Fukujin - Seven Lucky Gods' Circuits
The Three Musashi Province Ōmiya - Groups of Shrines
August 2017
Hashido Inari Jinja Tōkyō, Adachi-ku (8/30)
Ōta Suwa Jinja Nagano-ken, Shiojiri-shi (8/22)
Tsukui-izumi Jinja Nagano-ken, Shiojiri-shi (8/15)
Toyosaka Inari Jinja Tokyo, Shibuya-ku (8/9)
Konnō Hachiman-Gū Tōkyō, Shibuya-ku (8/8)
The 22 Shrines - Shrine Groupings
July 2017
Yaho Tenman-gū Tōkyō, Kunitachi shi (7/30)
Morito Jinja Kanagawa, Hayama (7/23)
Susano-o Jinja Tōkyō, Arakawa-ku (7/18)
Gojōten Jinja Tōkyō, Taitō-ku (7/13)
Hatonomori Hachiman Jinja Tōkyō, Shibuya-ku (7/5)
Updated "How many Shrines in Japan"
The 25 Edo Tenjin - Shrine Groupings
Shrine Rankings - Shinto Terminology
June 2017
Mitake Jinja Tōkyō, Ōta-ku (6/30)
Yushima Tenjin Tōkyō, Bunkyō-ku (6/27)
Hanazono Inari Jinja Tōkyō, Taitō-ku (6/22)
Ikebukuro Mitake Jinja Tōkyō, Toshima-ku (6/16)
Hisatomi Inari Jinja Tōkyō, Setagaya-ku (6/13)
Shōin Jinja Tōkyō, Setagaya-ku (6/11)
Benzaiten (弁財天）
Daikokuten (大黒天)
expanded "How many Kami in Japan?"
May 2017
Ten Jinja Saitama, Shiki-shi (6/19)
Koishikawa Daijingū Tōkyō, Bunkyō-ku (6/12)
Hikawa Jinja Tōkyō, Bunkyō-ku (6/6)
The Seven Edo Hikawa Jinja - Groups of Shrines
Chigi 千木 & Katsuogi 堅魚木 - Shrine Appurtenances
April 2017
Hakusan Jinja Tōkyō, Bunkyō-ku (4/26)
Shikishima Jinja Saitama-ken, Shiki (4/23)
Takinogawa-Hachiman Jinja Tōkyō, Kita-ku (4/19)
Ikebukuro-Hikawa Jinja Tokyo, Toshima-ku (4/18)
Shimo-shinmei-tenso Jinja Tōkyō, Shinagawa (4/16)
Itabashi Toyokawa-Inari Sha Tokyo, Itabashi (4/15)
March 2017
Kami-shinmei-tenso Jinja, Tōkyō, Shinagawa-ku (3/20)
Koyama Hachiman Jinja Tōkyō, Shinagawa-ku
Kumano Jinja, Tōkyō, Meguro-ku
Okusawa Jinja Tōkyō, Setagaya-ku
Maruyama Inari Daimyōjin Tōkyō, Setagaya-ku
Sanya Hachiman Jinja Tōkyō, Shinagawa-ku
Benzaiten Sect 弁財天信仰
Ebara Shichi Fukujin - Seven Lucky Gods' Circuits page
Substantially expanded the Seven Lucky Gods page
February 2017:
Ebara Jinja Tōkyō, Shinagawa-ku
Yoriki Jinja Tōkyō, Shinagawa-ku
Kagata Jinja Tōkyō, Shinagawa-ku
Akasaka Hikawa Jinja Tōkyō, Shinagawa-ku
Hengaku (name plaques) - Shrine Appurtenances page
Expanded Koma-Inu section - Shrine Appurtenances page
Ebisu 恵比寿 - Seven Lucky Gods page
Tōkai Shichi Fukujin (東海七福神) - Seven Lucky Gods' Circuits page
Uka-no-mitama-kami, "The August Spirit of Food," - Tales of the Kami page
Sukunabi-kona-no-kami "Little Prince the Renowned Deity" - Tales of the Kami page
January 2017:
Fujizuka ("Mt. Fuji mounds") - Shrine Appurtenances page
Ōkuni-nushi-kami - Tales of the Kami page
The Seven Lucky Gods of Japan (Shichi Fukujin) - Groups of Shrines page
Ema (votive wooden plaques) -Shrine Appurtenances
Torii -Shrine Appurtenances
The Ten Tōkyō Shrines - Groups of Shrines page
December 2016
Sugiyama shrine sect
Izanagi/Izanami - Tales of the Kami page
Yamato Takeru - Tales of the Kami page