Kamimap Shrines & Kami of Japan

Find your guardian kami

Japan has countless kami, the gods and spirits of Shinto. Enter your birthday to meet the one who matches you, then find shrines in Japan where you can visit them.

A fun cultural quiz, not a religious authority or fortune-telling. Your birth year gives you one of the five elements (wood, fire, earth, metal, water) through the traditional ten heavenly stems, using the simple calendar year as our Japanese site does. Your month and day then pick a kami of the same element. Nothing is stored or sent anywhere.

Shrines worth visiting

Each guide covers the enshrined kami, what people pray for, what to look for and a map link.

Tokyo

Around Tokyo

Nikko

Central Japan

Ise

Kyoto, Nara & Osaka

Western Japan

Meet the kami

Illustration of AmaterasuAmaterasuIllustration of Ame-no-MinakanushiAme-no-MinakanushiIllustration of Ame-no-OshihiAme-no-OshihiIllustration of Ame-no-TajikaraoAme-no-TajikaraoIllustration of Empress JingūEmpress JingūIllustration of FutsunushiFutsunushiIllustration of HachimanHachimanIllustration of HomusubiHomusubiIllustration of Ichikishima-himeIchikishima-himeIllustration of IzanagiIzanagiIllustration of Konohanasakuya-himeKonohanasakuya-himeIllustration of KotoshironushiKotoshironushiIllustration of KukurihimeKukurihimeIllustration of Kushinada-himeKushinada-himeIllustration of NinigiNinigiIllustration of SarutahikoSarutahikoIllustration of Sugawara no MichizaneSugawara no MichizaneIllustration of SukunabikonaSukunabikonaIllustration of SusanooSusanooIllustration of Taira no MasakadoTaira no MasakadoIllustration of TakemikazuchiTakemikazuchiIllustration of TakeminakataTakeminakataIllustration of Tamayori-himeTamayori-himeIllustration of Tokugawa IeyasuTokugawa IeyasuIllustration of ToyoukeToyoukeIllustration of UkanomitamaUkanomitamaIllustration of ŌkuninushiŌkuninushiIllustration of ŌmononushiŌmononushiIllustration of ŌyamakuiŌyamakuiIllustration of ŌyamatsumiŌyamatsumi

First time at a shrine?

Bowing, clapping, purifying your hands, omamori charms and goshuin stamps: read the etiquette guide before you go.