What other travelers are saying about Tsuyunoten Shrine (Ohatsu Tenjin)
shrine dedicated for couple with many activities from worship to celebrate love together. pray for love. memorize love by writing your name on the wooden board and hang it on the trees. there is a sognage showing how to pray correctly too.
Located a short walk from Umeda Station, amongst high rises and just adjacent to a large, busy shopping street, Tsuyuno Tenjinsya Shinto Shrine is an amazing historical religious site. Although not the smallest or most obscure shrine, it's footprint can be missed because it's tucked away a bit down an alley off the main street.
The Shrine is dedicated to love because of the ill-fated couple, Ohatsu and Tokubei. Hence the many fortunes and sub-shrines dealing with keeping or finding love. We especially liked the Lover's Sanctuary fortune - you select a small crystal heart from the office and get the corresponding paper fortune to take to a little water fountain where the water makes the fortune appear. It's in Japanese only, so for non-Japanese languages you'll need to translate it.
Lots of really amazing, unique Goshuin. We bought their goshuincho so that the limited edition September goshuin was written inside of it. All their other goshuin are paper you'll need to paste in.
Definitely a must visit if you love Shinto shrines and want to pray for relationship happiness. And if you like collecting unique goshuin, this is a gem!
Oh, last thing - the office opens at 9 am but a sign said they start doing the goshuin at 10 am. We went on a weekday and it was busy but not busting. They have benches to sit (rare for the small shrines) and some vending machines.
It's a sweet little oasis in the middle of bustling Umeda. It was interesting to read what people wrote, though a lot of them are girls wanting to meet their idols. You can come here if you want to relax because there's some greenery and benches. Potential cat sightings because there's a spay/neuter place next door.
