BLESSING

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.

Fushimi Inari TaishaKyoto
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Fushimi Inari Taisha

伏見稲荷大社

The vermilion Senbon Torii — head shrine of all Inari shrines in Japan.

Kurumazaki ShrineKyoto
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Kurumazaki Shrine

車折神社

A deity who keeps promises — and the vermilion fence of the performing arts.

Toyokawa Inari Tokyo BetsuinTokyo
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Toyokawa Inari Tokyo Betsuin

豊川稲荷東京別院

A temple of Dakini Shinten in Akasaka, with ties to the celebrated magistrate Ooka Echizen.

Matsuchiyama Shoden (Honryuin)Tokyo
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Matsuchiyama Shoden (Honryuin)

待乳山聖天(本龍院)

Asakusa's beloved Shoden temple, where wishes are entrusted to daikon radishes and drawstring purses.

Kanda Myojin (Kanda Shrine)Tokyo
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Kanda Myojin (Kanda Shrine)

神田明神(神田神社)

The guardian shrine of old Edo, enshrining Daikoku, Ebisu, and Lord Masakado.

Enoshima ShrineKanagawa
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Enoshima Shrine

江島神社

An island of three sanctuaries enshrining the Munakata goddesses — one of Japan's three great Benzaiten.

Kuzuryu Shrine (Hongu)Kanagawa
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Kuzuryu Shrine (Hongu)

九頭龍神社(本宮)

The nine-headed dragon deity at rest on the shore of Lake Ashi, with a monthly rite on the thirteenth.

Awa ShrineChiba
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Awa Shrine

安房神社

First shrine of old Awa Province, enshrining Ame-no-Futodama, ancestral deity of all industry.

Hijiri ShrineSaitama
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Hijiri Shrine

聖神社

The "deity of coins," bound to the birth of Japan's first currency, the Wado Kaichin.

Haruna ShrineGunma
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Haruna Shrine

榛名神社

An ancient shrine of the deities of fire and earth, cradled among the crags of Mount Iwao.

Arayayama ShrineYamanashi
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Arayayama Shrine

新屋山神社

A mountain deity at the foot of Mount Fuji, popularly hailed as a "shrine of financial fortune."

Mishima TaishaShizuoka
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Mishima Taisha

三嶋大社

First shrine of Izu Province, revered by Minamoto no Yoritomo and guardian of commerce.

Kinkengu ShrineIshikawa
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Kinkengu Shrine

金劔宮

Said to be among Hokuriku's oldest shrines, a place of prayer for financial fortune.

Kinkasan Koganeyama ShrineMiyagi
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Kinkasan Koganeyama Shrine

金華山黄金山神社

A sacred island of golden legend, holy ground from shore to summit.