swap_horiz Munakata Taisha Alternatives

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Mahabodhi Temple

The Mahabodhi Temple stands as a significant shrine within Bodh Gaya, India. It commemorates where Siddhartha Gautama at...

Pilgrimage World Heritage Buddhist Enlightenment

9.5 Brilliant

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Fushimi Inari-taisha

Fushimi Inari-taisha is a Shinto shrine located in Kyoto, Japan. It’s notable for its expansive network of thousands of...

Kyoto Pilgrimage Inari Shinto

9.2 Excellent

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Brihadeeswara Temple

The Brihadeeswara Temple stands as one of South India’s most impressive Hindu shrines. Constructed in 1010 CE by Rajaraj...

Hindu World Heritage Chola Thanjavur

9.2 Excellent

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Kumano Nachi Taisha

Kumano Nachi Taisha is a significant Shinto shrine located in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. It’s one of the three Kumano G...

Waterfall World Heritage Shinto Wakayama

9.0 Excellent

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Ujigami Shrine

The Ujigami Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture. It represents Japan’s oldest surviving shrine st...

Japan Ancient World Heritage Shinto

9.0 Excellent

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Izumo Taisha

Ancient Shinto shrine in Shimane Prefecture dedicated to Okuninushi no Mikoto, considered one of Japan's oldest and most...

Japan Ancient Marriage Shimane

8.7 Great

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Atsuta Shrine

Major Shinto shrine in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, said to enshrine the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi sword, one of the three sacred...

Japan Ancient Sword Nagoya

8.7 Great

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Kamigamo Shrine

Kamigamo Shrine is a UNESCO World Heritage Shinto shrine in Kyoto, Japan, one of the oldest in the country and headquart...

Japan Ancient Kyoto World Heritage

8.7 Great

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Kumano Hongu Taisha

Shinto shrine in Wakayama Prefecture and one of the three Kumano Grand Shrines, situated at the head of the UNESCO-liste...

Pilgrimage World Heritage Shinto Wakayama

8.5 Great

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Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha

Shinto shrine in Shizuoka Prefecture at the base of Mt. Fuji, head of approximately 1,300 Sengen shrines nationwide, wit...

Mountain Japan Fuji Shizuoka

8.5 Great

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Omiwa Shrine

One of Japan's oldest Shinto shrines in Nara Prefecture, unusual for lacking a main hall because the sacred Mt. Miwa its...

Mountain Japan Nara Ancient

8.3 Great

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Suwa Taisha

Japan's oldest Shinto shrine complex in Nagano Prefecture, comprising four shrines around Lake Suwa, and serving as the...

Lake Japan Nagano Ancient

8.3 Great

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Kotohira-gu

Kotohira-gu is a Shinto shrine complex in Kagawa, Japan, dedicated to the deity of seafarers and fishermen, with its inn...

Japan Maritime Shinto Stairs

8.3 Great

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Dazaifu Tenmangu

Shinto shrine in Fukuoka Prefecture founded in 919 CE over the grave of Sugawara no Michizane, drawing millions of stude...

Japan Learning Fukuoka Shinto

8.2 Great

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Kifune Shrine

Shinto shrine in the forested mountains north of Kyoto dedicated to Takaokami no Kami, god of water and rain, known for...

Water Japan Kyoto Forest

8.2 Great

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Dewa Sanzan Shrines

Three Shinto shrines on the peaks of Mt. Haguro, Mt. Gassan, and Mt. Yudono in Yamagata Prefecture, serving as centers o...

Mountain Japan Asceticism Shinto

8.2 Great

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Hakone Shrine

Hakone Shrine is a Shinto shrine founded in the 8th century on the shores of Lake Ashi in Kanagawa, Japan, with a celebr...

Mountain Lake Japan Kanagawa

8.2 Great

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Tsurugaoka Hachimangu

Principal Shinto shrine of Kamakura, dedicated to Hachiman, god of war, established by Minamoto no Yoritomo and closely...

Japan Ancient Shinto Kamakura

8.1 Great

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Yasaka Shrine

Shinto shrine in Kyoto's Gion district dedicated to Susanoo no Mikoto, traditionally founded in 656 CE, and the principa...

Japan Kyoto Festival Shinto

8.0 Great

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Usa Jingu

Shinto shrine in Usa, Oita Prefecture, established in the 8th century as the head of approximately 44,000 Hachiman shrin...

Japan Ancient Shinto Oita

8.0 Great