How this is compiled, and how to correct it
What this covers
JinjaDB is a reference for people visiting Japanese shrines and temples who want to take part in what happens there rather than only look at it. For each place we record which kami or Buddha is enshrined, what people come to ask for, the specific practices you can join in, how goshuin work there, and the practical details — hours, admission, the station and the walk.
We do not cover everything, and we would rather say so than pad the list. Where a place is closed, under construction or partly restricted, we mark it and explain what that means for a visit.
How an entry is checked
Every entry is built from the shrine’s or temple’s own Japanese-language pages, plus at least one independent Japanese source — a prefectural or municipal tourism body, Jinja Honcho, a sect’s own guidance. Both are listed at the bottom of the entry so you can check us. Each entry carries the date its details were last confirmed.
Three rules we hold to. Where a practice is common custom rather than doctrine, or where reputable sources disagree, we say so instead of picking the tidier answer. Where a shrine simply does not publish something — the price of a goshuin, most often — we write that it is not published rather than repeat a figure we cannot trace. And we do not describe a rite we have not found documented.
Prices, hours and festival dates change, and limited-period events change them more. If something here matters to your plans, the linked official page is the authority, not us.
Corrections
If we have something wrong, please tell us rather than the shrine — they have enough to do, and a mistake here is ours to fix. Corrections, and notes from shrines and temples about their own entries, go to info@jinja-db.com.
If you are writing about a specific entry, the page URL is the most useful thing you can include.
Who is responsible
JinjaDB is published by TechJoint Inc. (テックジョイント株式会社), a company registered in Japan. Editorial responsibility for these pages sits with Chiaki Arai.