The ultimate power spots and shrines to visit in 2026.

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The most powerful spiritual spots in Japan, rumored to change one's life, carefully selected from across the country. These are sacred places you'll want to visit not only for New Year's visits but also at turning points in your life.

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Japan, 369-1902 Saitama Prefecture, Chichibu City, Mitsumine 298-1

Located amidst the sacred peaks of Okuchichibu, this holy site is believed to bestow career success and decisiveness through the powerful energy of the dragon god, one of the most powerful in the Kanto region.

180 Kurama-Kibune-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture 601-1112, Japan

Located by the clear stream of Kurama, Kyoto, this place dramatically enhances your love life through the power of matchmaking and the purifying energy of water.

Japan, 516-0023 Mie Prefecture, Ise City, Ujikanōchō 1

Boasting a 2000-year history as Japan's most sacred place, it possesses the ultimate power to grant any wish.

Japan, 699-0701 Shimane Prefecture, Izumo City, Taisha Town, Kishiki Higashi 195

As the head temple for matchmaking, it attracts worshippers from all over the country who believe it will dramatically improve their luck in love and marriage.

Japan, 151-8557 Tokyo, Shibuya Ward, Yoyogi Kamizonocho 1-1

A sacred grove spreading across the heart of the city. It boasts the highest number of New Year's visitors in Japan and is Tokyo's premier power spot.

1681 Tado, Tado-cho, Kuwana City, Mie Prefecture, Japan 511-0106

The sacred site of the Ageuma Shinto ritual, famous for the legend of the white horse in Mie Prefecture, is believed to bestow good fortune in competition and the power to overcome challenges.

3506 Togakushi Chusha, Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan 381-4101

Located in Togakushi, a sacred mountain in Nagano, it emits powerful good fortune energy for abundant harvests and business prosperity.

Japan, 647-1731 Wakayama Prefecture, Tanabe City, Hongu Town, Hongu 1110

Registered as a World Heritage Site as the heart of the Kumano Sanzan (Three Grand Shrines of Kumano), it offers the ultimate spiritual experience of rebirth and regeneration.

1422 Miwa, Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture, Japan 633-8538

This is one of Japan's oldest shrines, with Mount Miwa in Nara as its sacred object of worship, and is believed to possess the fundamental power of creation.

Japan, 314-0031 Ibaraki Prefecture, Kashima City, Miyazakicho 2306-1

One of the three major shrines in eastern Ibaraki Prefecture dedicated to the god of war, believed to bring good fortune in competitions and determine the direction of one's life.

Japan, 739-0588 Hiroshima Prefecture, Hatsukaichi City, Miyajima-cho 1-1

Famous for its large vermilion torii gate floating in the sea off Miyajima Island in Hiroshima, it is believed to bring good fortune in arts and improve aesthetic sense.

1073-1 Iwato, Takachiho-cho, Nishiusuki-gun, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan 882-1621

Miyazaki's Takachiho, the setting of the Amaterasu Omikami myth, dispels the darkness of life and brings the light of hope.

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