Nagoya: Private Atsuta Jingu Shrine & Sacred Forest Tour

Visit Atsuta Jingu, one of Japan's most sacred shrines, on a 100% private tour. Walk a quiet forest in the city, learn to pray the Japanese way, and hear samurai legends from your own guide.
This is a fully private tour. Only your group joins, never strangers. Your friendly English-speaking guide is there just for you, so you can walk at your own pace, ask any question, and get great photos of your family or friends together.

Atsuta Jingu is one of the most important Shinto shrines in Japan, with a history of about 1,900 years. It is home to the legendary sword Kusanagi, one of the three sacred treasures of the Japanese emperor. The sword itself is never shown to anyone, but its story is one of the great legends of Japan, and your guide will bring it to life.

Meet your private guide near Jingu-mae Station and enter through the main south gate, the traditional way. As soon as you pass under the first giant wooden torii gate, the noise of the city disappears. You walk along a wide path through a deep green forest, right in the middle of Nagoya.

On the way, meet the Great Camphor Tree, which is said to be over 1,000 years old. Learn how to clean your hands and mouth at the water basin, the way Japanese people do before they pray. See the Nobunaga Wall, given to the shrine by the famous samurai lord Oda Nobunaga to say thank you after he won a great battle in 1560.

At the main shrine, your guide shows you how to pray the Japanese way: two bows, two claps, one bow. The simple, beautiful wooden buildings are built in the same style as Ise Jingu, the most sacred shrine in Japan.

Then take a path that many visitors miss: the Kokoro-no-komichi, a quiet trail behind the main shrine that was closed to the public for a very long time. Visit a small spring where people come to wish for beautiful skin, and one of the most sacred spots of the whole shrine, hidden deep in the forest.

On the way back, visit Hakkengu, a second shrine loved by samurai lords for hundreds of years. The tour ends near Kusanagi Square, where your guide can point you to the shrine's famous kishimen noodle shop if you would like to try Nagoya's flat noodles after the tour.

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