Twenty-Two Shrines

The Twenty-two Shrines, also known as the "Nijūni-sha," are a group of Shinto shrines located throughout Japan that are considered to be the most important and historically significant shrines in the country.

List of shrines
The full list 
Upper Seven Shrines
Shrine NameCurrent NameLocationJingū (神宮)Jingū(also Ise Jingū 伊勢神宮)Ise, MieIwashimizu Hachimangū-ji (石清水八幡宮寺)Iwashimizu Hachiman-gū (石清水八幡宮) Yawata, Kyoto PrefectureKamigamo Jinja(賀茂神社)Kamo-wakeikazuchi Jinja(賀茂別雷神社)Kamo-wakeikazuchi Jinja(Kamigamo Jinja) (上賀茂神社)Kita-ku, KyotoKamo-mioya Jinja(賀茂御祖神社)Kamo-mioya Jinja(Shimogamo Jinja) (下鴨神社)Sakyō-ku, KyotoMatsunoo Jinja (松尾神社)Matsunoo Taisha (松尾大社)Ukyō-ku, KyotoHirano Jinja (平野神社)Hirano JinjaKita-ku, KyotoInari Jinja (稲荷神社)Fushimi Inari Taisha (伏見稲荷大社)Fushimi-ku, KyotoKasuga Jinja (春日神社)Kasuga-taishaNara City, Nara Prefecture

Middle Seven Shrines
Shrine NameCurrent NameLocationŌharano Jinja (大原野神社)Ōharano JinjaNishikyō-ku, KyotoŌmiwa Jinja (大神神社)Ōmiwa JinjaSakurai, NaraIsonokami Jinja (石上神社)Isonokami JingūTenri, NaraŌyamato Jinja (大和神社)Ōyamato JinjaTenri, NaraHirose Jinja (廣瀬神社)Hirose TaishaKawai, NaraTatsuta Jinja (龍田神社)Tatsuta TaishaSangō, NaraSumiyoshi Jinja (住吉神社)Sumiyoshi TaishaSumiyoshi-ku, Osaka

Lower Eight Shrines
Shrine NameCurrent NameLocationHie Jinja (日吉神社)Hiyoshi TaishaOtsu, ShigaUmenomiya Jinja (梅宮神社)Umenomiya TaishaUkyō-ku, KyotoYoshida Jinja (吉田神社)Yoshida JinjaSakyō-ku, KyotoHirota Jinja (廣田神社)Hirota JinjaNishinomiya, HyōgoGion-sha (祇園社)Yasaka Jinja (八坂神社)Higashiyama-ku, KyotoKitano Jinja (北野神社)Kitano Tenman-gū (北野天満宮)Kamigyō-ku, KyotoNiukawakami Jinja (丹生川上神社)*Niukawakami Jinja Shimosha (lower shrine)Niukawakami Jinja Nakasha (middle shrine)*Niukawakami Jinja Kamisha (upper shrine)Shimoichi, NaraHigashiyoshino, NaraKawakami, NaraKibune Jinja (貴船神社)Kibune Jinja (also Kifune Jinja)Sakyō-ku, Kyoto

 Ichinomiya
 List of Jingū
 List of Shinto shrines

 Notes 

 References 
 Breen, John and Mark Teeuwen. (2000). Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-2363-4
 Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962).  Studies in Shinto and Shrines. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 399449

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