The first app for real-time lucky-direction search※
About Kaminavi
Your signpost for exploring Japan's shrines and temples, built together with you.
Bringing Japan's shrines and temples closer to you.
Kaminavi is a navigation app
that supports your visit and your journey.
Real-Time Lucky Direction Search
Find shrines and temples in today's lucky direction, based on Nine Star Ki astrology, live on the map.
Worship Concierge
Ask our AI concierge about worship etiquette, trivia, and the stories behind each shrine and temple.
365-Day Fortune Support
A daily fortune and lucky-direction calendar to help you choose the best day and direction for your visit.
What You Can Do
Map Search
Find shrines & temples by location or lucky direction
Pilgrimage Routes
Classic routes across Japan, including the Shikoku 88
Almanac Calendar
Rokuyo & auspicious days to plan your visit
Power Spots
Sacred & natural power spots by region
Festivals & Events
Annual festivals and events at shrines and temples
Worship Etiquette
How to bow, clap, and pray the right way
AI Concierge
Ask about deities, blessings, and shrine trivia
Featured Articles
Curated guides on blessings and travel themes
⛩ A Note From the Developer
A few years ago, a turning point in my life led me to start visiting shrines and temples.
At first, I knew very little about them. But as I kept visiting, strange, meaningful experiences began to accumulate — connections that felt too precise to be coincidence, and new realizations with every visit.
I became convinced that there is something about shrines and temples that can't be explained by logic alone.
The idea for “Kaminavi” began with Ehomairi — visiting a shrine in your lucky direction for the year. I simply wanted an app that could connect to my own lucky direction in real time. That simple wish is where development began.
At the same time, I felt something was missing: a tool to help people feel closer to shrines and temples. Where should I go? How should I pay my respects? Which shrine suits me? There wasn't an app that answered those questions.
So I built “Kaminavi”.
I want people to feel that shrines and temples are closer to them — so that anyone can visit comfortably, even without a special occasion, prior knowledge, or experience. I hope “Kaminavi” can be that first step, supporting your visit. That's why we hold onto “quiet, thoughtful care” and “an experience anyone can use with ease” every day, and will keep striving to improve.
I hope that, in some small way, this can help carry the culture of shrines and temples — protected by generations before us — forward to the next.
Lucky directions, daily fortune, an AI worship concierge — everything is designed to deliver “a visit that fits your day”. We don't compromise on quality. Because this service handles something as precious as Japan's shrine and temple culture, we keep building it carefully, one piece at a time.
We're still very much a work in progress, growing together with your feedback along the way, and we'd be grateful for your patience and support.
We'd be glad to grow Kaminavi together with you.
Still a Work in Progress
Kaminavi is still under active development, and we plan to keep adding and improving features based on your feedback.
We currently cover about 90,000 shrines and temples. Japan is estimated to have around 160,000 in total, and we'll keep expanding our coverage throughout 2026.
If you have any requests or notice something we could improve, please let us know through the “Concierge” on the map screen — just tap “Ask a question”. Your feedback reaches our development team directly.
※ As a real-time lucky-direction search feature based on Nine Star Ki astrology (as of April 2026, based on our own research).