Kinpu Jinja
📍 Nara, Yoshino-gun Yoshino-cho Yoshino-yama 1007 · Yoshino-gun Yoshino-cho, Nara Prefecture
📿 Goshuin Info
Hours
9:00–16:00
Fee
—
Direct-write
Unknown
Pre-written
Available
About
Founded1920
EnshrinedEmperor Meiji, Empress Shoken
RankImperial Shrine (Kanpei Taisha)
FestivalNovember 3 (Annual Festival)
HeritageHonden (Registered Cultural Property)
Website www.meijijingu.or.jp/en/
History
Kinpu Jinja, enshrined on the mountainside of Yoshino-yama, is deeply connected to Kinpu-sen-ji temple and serves as a sacred site of mountain ascetic practice. Dedicated to Zao Gongen, it has long attracted the faith of mountain ascetics and is renowned as a spiritually powerful shrine. Famous for the cherry blossoms of Yoshino, Kinpu Jinja is particularly known as a place of strong spiritual power where ascetics have undergone rigorous training and attained enlightenment. Even today, many visitors seeking good fortune and realization of their wishes come to pay respects at this powerful shrine.
Benefits
good fortune and blessingsrealization of desireswarding off evilfulfillment of wishesaccomplishment of ascetic practicespiritual elevation
