Mikane Shrine
Nijo, Kyoto
- Daily
- Open all day
The shrine office opens 10:00 to 16:00.
Source: mikane-jinja.or.jp, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Mikane Shrine is a small neighbourhood shrine to Kanayamahiko, god of metals and minerals, and people come from all over Japan and abroad to pray about money. Its torii is painted gold with a finish from Hori Kinpaku, a Kyoto gold-leaf maker founded in 1711, and its sacred ginkgo is over 200 years old and about 22 m tall.
Insider tip
You can visit at any hour, but amulets and goshuin are only handed out at the office. Goshuin come as pre-written slips, and they won't write in your book. Look for the ginkgo-leaf ema and the gold-stamped Fuku-zutsumi amulet, which runs out. Homes and flats surround it, so keep your voice down at night and early in the morning.
What's on near Mikane Shrine
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Mikane Shrine, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
The Children Who Grew Up with Manga: 40 Years of Manga Culture in Europe
「Mangaと育った子どもたち：ヨーロッパにおけるManga文化の40年」展
Time 10:00 to 17:00 (last entry 16:30) Station Karasuma Oike (Karasuma Line, Tozai Line), 2 min walk
How Japanese manga was translated, read, criticised and taken up over 40 years in France, Belgium, Spain, Italy and Germany, ending with work by Europeans who grew up on it and now draw manga themselves. It's included in the museum ticket, and the museum is closed on Wednesdays.
ESU, CC BY 3.0 Gion Matsuri Float Procession, Hanagasa Parade and Kanko-sai (second procession)
祇園祭 後祭山鉾巡行・花傘巡行・還幸祭
Time Floats and Hanagasa from 9:30, mikoshi from about 16:00 Station Karasuma Oike (Karasuma Line, Tozai Line), 1 min walk
The second procession, revived in 2014, leaves Karasuma-Oike at 9:30 and runs the first route the other way. The Hanagasa parade sets off from Shimogyo Junior High for the Otabisho and Yasaka Shrine, and from about 16:00 the mikoshi go back to the shrine.
Nijo Castle Cherry Blossom Festival
二条城桜まつり
Time 8:45 to 17:00 (last entry 16:00), light-up 18:00 to 22:00 Station Nijojo-mae (Tozai Line), right outside the station
About 300 cherry trees of 50 kinds flower in turn through the festival. By day there's a stamp rally and a fair of Kyoto products, and the evening light-up runs on its own ticket.
Pom', CC BY-SA 2.0 Nijo-jo Matsuri and Autumn Light-up
二条城まつり
Time Light-up 18:00 to 22:00 (last entry 21:00) Station Nijojo-mae (Tozai Line), 1 min walk
Nijo Castle's autumn festival, with a Kyoto specialty goods fair and other events by day, and an evening light-up and art show in the grounds. In 2026 the night ticket was ¥2,000 Monday to Thursday and ¥2,400 Friday to Sunday, separate from day entry, and free for junior high students and under.
Pom', CC BY-SA 2.0 Shinsen-en Dainenbutsu Kyogen
神泉苑大念佛狂言
Time 13:00 to about 17:30 Station Nijojo-mae (Tozai Line), 1 min walk
The local kyogen society, performing since 1903, puts on five or six silent masked plays a day to gongs, drums and flutes on the stage by Shinsen-en's pond, and the programme is chosen on the day. Tsuchigumo, where the spider throws its threads over the audience, is the favourite. Entry is by donation, the seats are outdoors and you can't take photos during the plays.
Jason Riedy, CC BY 2.0 Nearby
Around Nijo
The shogun's castle, with the Shinsengumi's Mibu a walk south
Most people come for Nijo Castle, and it's worth its two hours. Tokugawa Ieyasu built it in 1603, and its Ninomaru Palace is the only palace complex still standing inside a Japanese castle. Then walk south, past a pond garden first laid out in 794 and an 800 m covered shopping street, to the temple in Mibu where the Shinsengumi trained.
Nijo has 17 places on the Roam Kyoto map: 5 shrines and temples, 3 landmarks, 3 shops, 2 restaurants, 1 bar, 1 cafe, 1 museum and 1 bathhouse. Read the Nijo guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Mikane Shrine?
- 614 Oshinishinotoin-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都府京都市中京区西洞院通御池上ル押西洞院町614).
- What are the opening hours of Mikane Shrine?
- Mikane Shrine is open all day. The shrine office opens 10:00 to 16:00.
- How do I get to Mikane Shrine?
- The nearest station is Nijojo-mae (Tozai Line), Karasuma Oike (Karasuma Line, Tozai Line). Mikane Shrine is in Nijo, Kyoto.
- How much does Mikane Shrine cost?
- Nothing. Mikane Shrine is free to visit.
- How long do you need at Mikane Shrine?
- Plan for 15 min.
- When is the best time to visit Mikane Shrine?
- Late autumn.
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