Best Shrines And Temples In Aichi

Heart-shaped Votive Picture Brings You Good MarriageSanko Inari Jinja Shrine

Sanko Inari Shrine has heart-shaped votive picture and fortune slip telling ones love, and for that, there were many women and couples. To take pictures, it's better for you to visit here in the morning because there's less other tourists. What's more, it's located near Inuyama Castle, you can enjoy the castle and eating street foods at the castle town.◎Access: 12 min walk from the west gate of Inuyama Yuen Station of Meitetsu Line.

Photogenic Shrine In NagoyaWakeoe Shrine

It is a photogenic shrine in Nagoya. Seasonal flowers are displayed in the Chozuya. Purple flowers are spreading in the water and it is beautiful. Flowers and Japanese umbrellas are displayed in front of the shrine and are colorful. There is also a Japanese umbrella for rent, so you can take a picture with the Japanese umbrella in your hand.

The Colorful Hydrangeas Floating On A Purification FountainMimo Shrine

At Mimo Shrine, I feel peace in my mind at the floating hydrangeas on a purification fountain (a water jar by which visitors clean their hands and mouths before prayer). It's nice in this rainy season

Hydrangeas All Around The Precinct Of Honko-ji Temple Honko-ji Temple

I like the atmosphere of hydrangea and the temple. There're hydrangeas all over the temple also over the gate. Together with Katahara Onsen Hydrangea Village and Takeshima Island, you can enjoy sites around here all day.

Purification Fountain Filled With Hydrangeas When Lotus Flowers Start To BloomJōnen-ji Temple

Jōnen-ji Temple is famous for the scene of lotus flowers in pots lined from the entrance. Also, as another fascination, they arrange colorful hydrangeas in the hand-purification fountain in the beginning of Japanese rainy season. Both hydrangeas and lotus flowers make us feel relaxed. Though the parking area is not so enough, it has easy access by public transportation.

Great Buddha Statue With Sunglasses, Taking Cherry-Blossom Bath In SpringHotei Daibutsu (Statue Of Buddha In Hotei)

A Great Buddha Statue in Konan, Aichi. To be surprised, it's bigger than Nara's Great Buddha Statue! We can see it wearing sunglasses of traffic lights, and taking a cherry-blossom bath in spring. It's a little-known spot!

Fall in Love with The Red Stamp and Hanatemizu of The Paper-CuttingSugo Shrine

A red stamp for a limited time cutout. Impressed by the cuteness and fineness of the pink paper-cutting. But I think there is another red stamp, so check it out! And the highlight is Hanatemizu, which changes with the seasons. The colorful and cute Hanatemizu and Goshuin will make you want to go see them regularly! It is also cute that the votive tablets of the heart are lined up.

The Old Shrine Crowded With People For Wedding & Shichigosan, Japanese Beautiful TraditionsAtsuta Jingu

One of the three sacred emblems, a sword of Kusanagi is enshrined here in old Atsuta Jingu. Around November, it gets crowded by cute children in their best clothes for Shichigosan (7,5,3years old children's ceremony), and a bride wearing Shiromuku (a white dress for Japanese traditional wedding). I want foreign people to see such a beautiful and traditional sights.

Recommended Shrines for New Year's VisitsMiwa Shrine

Miwa Shrine is a matchmaking shrine. There are two recommended points for this shrine, the first is the rabbit ema. The second one is flower water. 2023 is the year of the rabbit, so be sure to visit the rabbit shrine as well.

The Surprising Cylinder Firework On Hand At Its BirthplaceYoshida Shrine

I should say it's worthy to be the birthplace of cylinder firework on hand, both the number of fireworks and how they show fireworks are on a high level. You can see eye to eye with the firework-holders, and take pictures of their expressions.◎Toyohashi Gion Festival on July 20th in 2018. This year, the tripod is prohibited, but we can use monopod.

Beautiful Plum Blossoms In Full BloomOkazaki Tenman-gu Shrine

The plum blossoms are beautiful now at their best. If the weather is clear, you can see the whole view of Okazaki city.

Many Decorations For The Star Festival! A Big Summer Event Tanabata In Ichinomiya TownMasumida Shrine

Ichinomiya is a producing center of fabric. For this Masumida Shrine is a god for fabric, it has a strong relationship with Orihime (a princess who weaves cloth) appears in a legend of Tanabata. In the late July, Masumida Shrine and the town are decorated colorfully for Tanabata Star Festival. You can also enjoy shopping at many festival stalls!◎It's located walkable area from JR Owari Ichinomiya Station, or Meitestu Ichinomiya. Though there're some toll parking areas, public transportation will be better because the traffic is regulated.

Dynamic Fireworks In HandChiryu Shrine

Akiba Matsuri Festival at Chiryu Shrine held on 9/22 in the first year of Reiwa. The fireworks in hand that drew circle told me about the brave man's back and their bond. It was awesome and beautiful very much.