Osaka · Sights

Best Shrine in Osaka

16 places, each checked by our team.

• Hochigai Shrine 方違神社Sakai / Sakaihigashi — Ancient Sakai shrine dedicated to protection from bad directions, visited by people before moving house, building or travelling.
• Hokoku Shrine 豊國神社Osaka Castle — The shrine to Toyotomi Hideyoshi inside Osaka Castle Park, fronted by a large bronze statue of the peasant-born unifier of Japan, where people pray…
• Ikasuri Jinja (Zama Shrine) 坐摩神社Hommachi / Senba — Historic Senba shrine among office towers, the ichinomiya of old Settsu Province and home of a summer ceramics fair.
• Ikukunitama Shrine 生國魂神社Tennoji / Tanimachi — Ikutama-san, one of Osaka's oldest shrines, said to date back to Emperor Jimmu and moved here when Hideyoshi built Osaka Castle; known for its…
• Imamiya Ebisu Shrine 今宮戎神社Ebisucho / Namba — The merchant city's shrine to Ebisu, god of business and prosperity, which explodes into the Toka Ebisu festival every 9-11 January when about a…
• Ishikiri Tsurugiya Shrine 石切劔箭神社Higashiosaka — Ishikiri-san in Higashiosaka, where worshippers silently walk endless laps between two stones to pray for healing, approached down a steep old…
• Kozu-gu Shrine 高津宮Kozu / Nipponbashi — A hilltop shrine to Emperor Nintoku with a story Osakans still tell: from here the emperor saw no cooking smoke rising from the peoples homes and…
• Kumata Shrine 杭全神社Hirano — The guardian shrine of the old merchant town of Hirano, with a sacred camphor tree said to be over 1,000 years old.
• Mozu Hachimangu 百舌鳥八幡宮Sakai / Mozu — Old shrine in the Mozu kofun district, known for its huge camphor tree and the Futon Daiko drum-float festival.
• Namba Yasaka Shrine 難波八阪神社Namba — A neighbourhood shrine in Namba famous for one thing: a 12-metre lion head with gaping jaws that serves as its dance stage, swallowing evil spirits…
• Osaka Tenmangu 大阪天満宮Tenma / Minamimorimachi — Osaka's beloved "Tenjin-san", the shrine of the scholar-god Sugawara no Michizane and home of the Tenjin Matsuri, one of Japan's three great…
• Otori Taisha 大鳥大社Sakai — The ancient first shrine of Izumi Province in Sakai, set in a dense forest and built in the archaic Otori-zukuri style, honouring the hero Yamato…
• Sukunahikona Shrine 少彦名神社Doshomachi / Kitahama — A tiny shrine squeezed between office buildings in Doshomachi, Osaka's historic medicine district, dedicated to the Chinese and Japanese gods of…
• Sumiyoshi Taisha 住吉大社Sumiyoshi — The head of some 2,300 Sumiyoshi shrines across Japan and Osaka's grandest Shinto sanctuary: four National Treasure halls in the ancient…
• Tamatsukuri Inari Shrine 玉造稲荷神社Tamatsukuri — An old Inari shrine on the edge of the Osaka Castle grounds tied to the Toyotomi clan, with a statue of Hideyori and the traditional starting point…
• Tsuyu no Tenjinsha (Ohatsu Tenjin) 露天神社（お初天神）Umeda / Sonezaki — A small shrine in the middle of Umeda's office and nightlife district, made famous by Chikamatsus 1703 puppet play about the tragic lovers Ohatsu…