Wealth & Business
Prayers for financial fortune, thriving business, and lasting prosperity. A blessing is not a promise, but a signpost for setting yourself in order through prayer.
KyotoFushimi Inari Taisha
The vermilion Senbon Torii — head shrine of all Inari shrines in Japan.
KyotoKurumazaki Shrine
A deity who keeps promises — and the vermilion fence of the performing arts.
TokyoToyokawa Inari Tokyo Betsuin
A temple of Dakini Shinten in Akasaka, with ties to the celebrated magistrate Ooka Echizen.
TokyoMatsuchiyama Shoden (Honryuin)
Asakusa's beloved Shoden temple, where wishes are entrusted to daikon radishes and drawstring purses.
TokyoKanda Myojin (Kanda Shrine)
The guardian shrine of old Edo, enshrining Daikoku, Ebisu, and Lord Masakado.
KanagawaEnoshima Shrine
An island of three sanctuaries enshrining the Munakata goddesses — one of Japan's three great Benzaiten.
KanagawaKuzuryu Shrine (Hongu)
The nine-headed dragon deity at rest on the shore of Lake Ashi, with a monthly rite on the thirteenth.
ChibaAwa Shrine
First shrine of old Awa Province, enshrining Ame-no-Futodama, ancestral deity of all industry.
SaitamaHijiri Shrine
The "deity of coins," bound to the birth of Japan's first currency, the Wado Kaichin.
GunmaHaruna Shrine
An ancient shrine of the deities of fire and earth, cradled among the crags of Mount Iwao.
YamanashiArayayama Shrine
A mountain deity at the foot of Mount Fuji, popularly hailed as a "shrine of financial fortune."
ShizuokaMishima Taisha
First shrine of Izu Province, revered by Minamoto no Yoritomo and guardian of commerce.
IshikawaKinkengu Shrine
Said to be among Hokuriku's oldest shrines, a place of prayer for financial fortune.
MiyagiKinkasan Koganeyama Shrine
A sacred island of golden legend, holy ground from shore to summit.