［2026］京都の初詣スポット！おすすめ神社20選
2022.12.22
［2023] For warding off bad luck and improving one's financial fortune! Recommended Shrines in Kyoto by Benefit
The year 2022 is just around the corner. In this issue, we introduce shrines in Kyoto where you can expect to receive blessings to ward off bad luck and increase your financial fortune.
Go out to worship and make your wishes come true to make the New Year a better year.
Contents of this article
1.Yasui Konpira-gu Shrine: Cutting off bad karma and bringing good karma together [Yasui Konpira-gu Shrine] / Gion, Gion, Tokyo
Yasui Konpira-gu Shrine is famous throughout Japan as a shrine for severing bad relationships and bringing good ones together. The giant stone "Enkiri Enmusubi Monument (Ishi)" in front of the awarding ceremony place has a hole in the center, and it is said that if you hold a substitute for yourself and pray while passing through the monument from front to back and back to front again, your wish will be fulfilled.
The charms are said to break off bad relationships and cost 500 yen each.
Yasui Kompiragu Shrine
- easy-to-get-into figure or figure
- 70 Shimobenten-cho, Higashioji-dori Matsubara-dori Kamigaru, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
- 2 minutes walk from bus stop "Higashiyama Yasui"
8 minutes walk from Keihan Gion-Shijo Station - Tel. 075-561-5127
- Hours of Prayer
Free in the precincts, 9:00-17:30 at the awarding office *Open all day on New Year's Eve
calendar of events
December 31, Grand Purification 17:00～
January 1, 2023 New Year's Day Festival 7:00~.
2.Walk through the golden torii gate for good luck [Gokin Shrine] / Nijo Castle area
The golden torii gate facing Nishinotoin Dori gives a sense of power to this shrine, which is unique in Japan in that it enshrines metal objects. Those who wish to increase their financial fortune should definitely get a lucky charm. Omikuji (omikuji fortune) with a rare "dai dai kichi" (great fortune) is also popular. The shrine's sacred ginkgo tree, which is over 200 years old, is also worth seeing.
Gokin-mikuji 500 yen, which includes a gold lucky charm along with the omikuji. It is said to contain a rare "Dai-Daikichi" (great fortune).
shrine honouring war dead
- Mikane Shrine
- 614 Oshinishinotoin-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto
- 6-minute walk from Subway Nijojo-mae Station
6 minutes walk from Subway Karasuma Oike Station - Tel. 075-222-2062
- Hours of Prayer
Free in the precincts, 10:00-16:00 at the shrine office
*New Year's Eve hours to be determined; check website.
calendar of events
New Year's events are yet to be determined; check website for details.
3.To pray for eternally beautiful hair, visit Gohage Shrine / Arashiyama
Located near the Trolley Arashiyama Station, the only shrine in Japan dedicated to "hair" (ogami jinja) is tucked away by Ogura Pond. Visitors to the shrine include people aiming to pass the national barber and beautician examinations, working stylists seeking to improve their skills, and people with hair problems. Regardless of gender, people are encouraged to pray with all their hearts to keep their hair healthy forever.
Gokushi-mamori (comb-shaped charm) is 800 yen and comes in five colors: red, yellow, purple, green, and pink. Takumi-mamori with a scissors motif, 1,900 yen, is also available.
Mikami Shrine
- three-storied Shinto shrine
- 10-2 Sagano-Tabuchiyama-cho, Ogurayama, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
- 15 min. walk from JR Saga-Arashiyama Sta.
15 min. walk from Arashiyama Sta. on the Randen Line - Tel. 075-882-9771
- Hours of Prayer
Free in the precincts, 9:30-16:00 at the shrine office
4.For blessings to ward off evil spirits and evil luck [Seimei Shrine] / Nishijin
The shrine is dedicated to Prince Seimei Abe, an astronomer and founder of the unique Yin-Yang path. Since his lifetime, Lord Abe no Seimei was widely trusted by emperors, aristocrats, and common people alike to remove their troubles and sufferings, and the shrine is known as a shrine for "warding off evil spirits" and "banishing evil spirits," and is revered by people of all ages.
A pair of sticker-mamori for 1,000 yen is red and blue. Recommended to put on house gateposts, doorways, cars, helmets, etc.
Seimei Shrine
- living god (honorific term for the emperor)
- 806 Seimei-cho, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
- Short walk from Ichijo-moribashi/Harumyo-jinja-mae bus stop.
12 minutes walk from Subway "Imadegawa Station" - Tel. 075-441-6460
- Hours of Prayer
9:00-17:00 (0:00-17:00 on New Year's Day only)
Awarding office 9:00-16:30
*Please check the website for the year-end and New Year's visiting hours, which are subject to change.
calendar of events
January 1, 2023 New Year's Day Festival 8:00 a.m.
5.Kawai Shrine, a god of beauty that protects women / Demachiyanagi
The deity is Tamayorihime-no-Mikoto, who is revered as the god of beauty because of her beautiful, ball-like appearance. This ema is a mirror ema modeled after an ancient Japanese patterned mirror, and visitors can use their own cosmetics or loaner colored pencils to apply makeup to the ema's face while making a wish. After dedicating the ema, it is recommended to have a cup of Karin Bijinsui (beautiful water) for 430 yen at the teahouse in the precincts of the shrine.
Let's make up carefully while wishing to be beautiful. Mirror ema (votive tablet) 800 yen
Kawai Shrine
- cute shrine
- Inside Shimogamo Shrine, 59 Shimogamo Izumigawa-cho, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
- 3 minutes on foot from the bus stop "Shimogamo Shrine Mae"
6 minutes walk from Keihan "Demachiyanagi Station" - Tel.075-781-0010 (Shimogamo Shrine)
- Hours of Prayer
Shimogamo Shrine 6:30-17:00, 9:00-17:00 for the awarding office
New Year's Day only: 0:00-18:00, Kawai Shrine: 7:00-17:00
calendar of events
Dec. 31: Grand Ceremony 15:00~, Night Service 16:00~ (for the first time)
January 1, 2023 New Year's Day Festival
6.Matsuo Taisha Shrine is worshipped by sake brewers all over Japan [Matsuo Taisha Shrine] / Matsuo Taisha Shrine and its surroundings
It was founded in 701 by Hata-no-Imikitori at the order of Emperor Monmu. Since the Hata clan had many skilled sake brewers, the shrine came to be worshipped as "the first sake brewing god in Japan" around the end of the Muromachi period (1336-1573). There is a "Sake Museum" in the precincts of the shrine, where visitors can learn about the relationship with sake, its history and culture, and the sake brewing process in an easy-to-understand manner.
Sake barrels dedicated by sake brewing companies from all over the country line the Mikoshitori. Finding your favorite brand is one of the pleasures of the festival.
Matsuo Grand Shrine
- person going out in pine trees
- 3 Ranzanmiyamamachi, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
- 3 minutes walk from Matsuo Taisha Station on the Hankyu Railway
- Tel. 075-871-5016
- Visiting hours
December 31, 23:00 - January 1, 19:00 approx.
January 2 and 3, 8:00-18:00 approx.
Jan. 4-7, 8:30 a.m. - changes depending on congestion on the day
calendar of events
December 31, 2022 Grand Ceremony 15:00~, Night Service 16:00~.
January 1, 2023 New Year's Day Festival 6:00 -
January 3: New Year's Day New Year's Festival, Chinese Zodiac Celebration Ceremony 9：30～ - Entrance fee (for both garden and shrine): Adults 500 yen, Students 400 yen, Children 300 yen
The information is subject to change. Please contact each store or facility directly for the latest information.
All prices include tax.
※内容の誤りや閉店情報などお気づきの点がございましたら、info@leafkyoto.co.jp までお知らせください。
*Since this site uses automatic translation, the translation may differ from the original Japanese content.
All prices include tax.
※内容の誤りや閉店情報などお気づきの点がございましたら、info@leafkyoto.co.jp までお知らせください。
*Since this site uses automatic translation, the translation may differ from the original Japanese content.
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