Kandaijin-jinja, Shinto shrine in Japan

Kandaijin-jinja, formally Kandaijin no Yashiro, is a Tenmangū shrine in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, at 187-1 Kandaijin-chō. Its present honden is a three-bay nagare-zukuri building moved here in 1869 from Shimogamo Shrine; a later heiden creates a yatsumune-zukuri roof. The grounds hold the ubuyu no ido well and subsidiary shrines such as Kakimoto-sha and Shirataiyū-sha.

The shrine was established about one thousand years ago near the birthplace of Sugawara no Michizane and was destroyed multiple times by fire and war. The current main hall was rebuilt in the 1800s using materials from an older local shrine.

The shrine is dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane, a respected scholar figure from centuries ago whom visitors seek for help with learning and good fortune. You will see people here offering small coins, ringing a bell, and writing their wishes on wooden plaques to hang as a way of making their hopes known.

The shrine stands at 187-1 Kandaijin-chō, Shimogyō-ku, west off Shinmachi on Bukkōji-dōri. From Hankyū Kyoto Line Karasuma Station or Subway Karasuma Line Shijō Station it is about a five-minute walk. The grounds hold the birthplace well and several subsidiary shrines, so allow time to walk the whole precinct.

The grounds preserve the ubuyu no ido, a well where, by tradition, water was drawn for the infant Sugawara no Michizane's first bath; the shrine stands on the site held to be his birthplace. The temple grounds once covered two blocks north-south and one east-west around Bukkōji-dōri.