This is the definitive app for collecting ema (votive plaques), visiting shrines and temples, and recording your visits. It comprehensively covers 9,675 shrines and temples nationwide.
Whether you're collecting ema, visiting shrines, visiting temples, exploring power spots, praying for good fortune, seeking blessings, or engaging in spiritual activities (spiritual practice), this is the standard tool for everyone who visits Japan's shrines and temples. Photography, recording, searching, calendar, and deity database are all consolidated into one app.
【Main Features】
Database of 9,675 shrines and temples nationwide
Search by prefecture, blessings, and category. Comprehensive information includes shrine history, enshrined deities, blessings, and access information.
Commemorative Photos (Ema Camera)
Composite special frames and overlays onto your photos. With deity icons, blessing stamps, and seasonal motifs, you can create beautiful memories of your visits.
My Visit Album
Commemorative photos are automatically saved to your device. You can review them chronologically along with shrine name, visit date, and comments. It works as a digital version of an ema collection book. Viewable offline.
Shrine Map
Displays nearby shrines and temples from your current location as pins. Tap a pin for details or open in Google Maps with one tap.
Search by Blessings
Suggests optimal shrines for your purpose—romantic relationships, wealth, health, business prosperity, academic success, safe childbirth, warding off misfortune, and more. Reverse search is possible based on the blessings you currently desire.
Auspicious Day Calendar Integration
Displays auspicious days optimal for visiting—Taian, Ichiritsumanbai-nichi, Tensha-nichi, Tiger Day, Snake Day, and more. Deity festival days and grand festival information automatically sync.
Deity Database
Comprehensively covers the genealogy and virtues of Japanese deities including Amaterasu Ōmikami, Ōkuninushi, Inari Ōkami, Hachiman, Susanoo no Mikoto, and the Seven Lucky Gods. Deepens your understanding of the deities enshrined at shrines, making your visits more meaningful.
Google Account Integration
Access the same account from multiple devices. Transfer your album when changing phones.
【Recommended For】
Those collecting ema or wanting to start
Those whose hobby is visiting shrines and temples
Those wanting to increase fortune through power spot visits
Those interested in spirituality, good fortune, and divination
Those visiting shrines and temples while traveling
Those wanting to enjoy seasonal festivals and shrine fairs
Those wanting to beautifully preserve records of their visits
Those wanting to choose shrines based on blessings
【Why Ema Guide is Chosen】
Overwhelming data volume covering the entire nation—9,675 shrines and temples combined
Photography, frame compositing, and album saving all completed in one app
Cross-search across three axes: blessings, auspicious days, and deity database
Album viewable offline
Completely free with no in-app purchases (ads displayed)
Fully integrated with web version powerspot.goo.to
【How to Use】
- Find a shrine (by blessings, map, or prefecture)
- Visit (actually pay your respects)
- Select photo in photography tab, select shrine
- Select frame, add blessing overlay, edit text
- Save to album, share to SNS with one tap
【Important Notes】
This app does not guarantee blessings or good fortune.
Shrine and temple information is current as of the update date. For the latest information, please check each shrine's official website or inquire in person.
Please refrain from using this app in photography-prohibited areas.
Please respect etiquette while visiting and use this app so as not to disturb other visitors.
Why not preserve your visit memories with the perfect photo?
Please download and make your shrine and temple visits even more enriching.
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