The Strongest Power Spots Shrines to Visit in 2026

SO1217Updated 4/7/2026

The strongest power spots, carefully selected from all over the country, are rumored to change lives. Sacred places you'll want to visit not just for Hatsumode, but also for life's milestones.

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

A sacred site enshrined on a sacred peak in Okuchichibu, bestowing work luck and decisiveness with one of the Kanto region's leading dragon god powers.

Japan, 601-1112 Kyoto Prefecture, Sakyo Ward, Kurama Kifunecho 180

Standing by the clear stream of Kurama, Kyoto, it dramatically enhances your love luck with matchmaking and the purifying energy of water.

1 Ujitachō, Ise City, Mie 516-0023, Japan

Boasting 2000 years of history as Japan's foremost sacred site, it grants the ultimate power to fulfill all wishes.

Japan, 〒699-0701 195 Kishihi-Higashi, Taisha-cho, Izumo, Shimane

As the head shrine for matchmaking, visitors gather from all over the country, dramatically improving luck in love and marriage.

1-1 Yoyogikamizonocho, Shibuya City, Tokyo 151-8557, Japan

A sacred forest spreading in the heart of the city. Tokyo's premier power spot, boasting the highest number of Hatsumode visitors in Japan.

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

A sacred site of the famous Ageuma Shinji (horse-raising ritual) with a legend of white horses in Mie, bestowing luck in competition and the power to break through.

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

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

1110 Hongu, Hongu-cho, Tanabe City, Wakayama 647-1731, Japan

Registered as a World Heritage site as the center of Kumano Sanzan, offering the ultimate spiritual experience of regeneration and rebirth.

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

One of Japan's oldest shrines, with Mt. Miwa as its deity, possessing the primordial power of creation for all things.

2306-1 Miyakō, Kashima City, Ibaraki 314-0031, Japan

One of the three shrines of Tōgoku, enshrining the god of war in Ibaraki, bestowing luck in competition and the power to determine life's direction.

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

Famous for its vermilion torii gate floating in the sea of Miyajima, Hiroshima, it grants benefits for artistic luck and aesthetic sense.

1073-1 Iwato, Takachiho Town, Nishiusuki District, Miyazaki 882-1621, Japan

The stage of the Amaterasu Omikami myth in Takachiho, Miyazaki, it dispels the darkness of life and brings the light of hope.

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