Career & Decisive Moments
Prayers for promotion, career change, independence, and examinations. 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.
MieTsubaki Grand Shrine (Tsubaki Okamiyashiro)
Head shrine of Sarutahiko no Okami, the deity who opens the way.
MieSarutahiko Shrine
A shrine of way-opening, where the eight-sided direction stone rests.
TokyoYoyogi Hachimangu
The Hachiman shrine of the Yoyogi woods, home to a famed Inari of career success.
TokyoKanda Myojin (Kanda Shrine)
The guardian shrine of old Edo, enshrining Daikoku, Ebisu, and Lord Masakado.
TokyoToranomon Kotohiragu
Edo's "Konpira-sama," at rest amid the office towers.
ChibaAwa Shrine
First shrine of old Awa Province, enshrining Ame-no-Futodama, ancestral deity of all industry.
ChibaKatori Jingu
First shrine of old Shimosa Province, enshrining Futsunushi no Okami — one of the Three Shrines of the East.
SaitamaMitsumine Shrine
A sacred precinct some 1,100 meters up, guarded by the wolf messengers called o-inu-sama.
SaitamaChichibu Shrine
Guardian shrine of the old Chichibu domain, enshrining the deity of wisdom — home of the Chichibu Night Festival.
IbarakiKashima Jingu
First shrine of old Hitachi Province, enshrining Takemikazuchi — the shrine of "kashima-dachi," the setting forth on a journey.
IbarakiIkisu Shrine
The way-opening deity Kunado and the Oshioi wells — one of the Three Shrines of the East.
NaganoTogakushi Shrine
Five shrines beneath a sacred peak, enshrining the gods who opened the Rock Cave of Heaven.
NaganoSuwa Taisha
Head shrine of all Suwa shrines in Japan, famed for the Onbashira Festival.
ShizuokaKunozan Toshogu
The founding Toshogu, where Ieyasu rests beneath a National Treasure sanctuary.
ShizuokaMishima Taisha
First shrine of Izu Province, revered by Minamoto no Yoritomo and guardian of commerce.
FukuokaMunakata Taisha
Three sanctuaries of Michinushi no Muchi, the deity who guides every path.
FukuokaDazaifu Tenmangu
Head shrine of the god of learning, fragrant with the Flying Plum.
OitaUsa Jingu
Head shrine of Hachiman, honored at forty thousand shrines nationwide.
KagoshimaKirishima Jingu
A National Treasure shrine beneath the peak of the heavenly descent.