# Japan Shrine & Temple Guide — Etiquette, omikuji & goshuin

> Etiquette, omikuji & goshuin (iPhone/iPad app by SHIN HOMMA.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/japan-shrine-and-temple-guide/id6794625151 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [SHIN HOMMA](https://appshunter.io/developer/6784502940)
- Category: Travel, Reference
- Price: $4.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 14.0 · 3 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-08-05
- Data updated: 2026-08-11
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/japan-shrine-and-temple-guide/id6794625151/reviews.md

## What is Japan Shrine & Temple Guide?

Every Japan trip leads to a torii gate — and most travelers walk through it wondering what they're supposed to do. This guide decodes shrines and temples completely, fully offline.

OMIKUJI DECODER — FINALLY READ YOUR FORTUNE
Drew a fortune slip covered in kanji? Tap the rank you see (大吉? 凶?) for a plain-English reading of all 12 traditional luck levels, then decode every printed line — love, studies, travel, lost things, even "awaited person." Plus what to do next: tie it or take it home.

WORSHIP WITH CONFIDENCE
• Shrine vs Temple 101 — tell them apart in 3 seconds, and why both welcome you
• Purification, step by step — the water basin ritual in 20 unhurried seconds
• Praying at a shrine — coins, bells, and two bows, two claps, one bow
• Praying at a temple — palms together, incense, and why there's no clapping
• Etiquette & taboos — photography rules, sacred ropes, and what not to touch
• Reading the grounds — komainu guardians, fox statues, ema plaques, sacred trees

OMAMORI & LUCKY CHARMS
Which charm is for studies, love, traffic safety or victory — plus the one universal rule (never open the pouch) and how gifting works.

GOSHUIN — JAPAN'S MOST BEAUTIFUL SOUVENIR
How to receive the hand-brushed calligraphy pages: the book you need, the etiquette, limited editions — and a built-in Goshuin Journal to log every page you collect, right on your phone.

SHOW-IT PHRASES
30 traveler phrases with a full-screen Japanese mode you can show to shrine staff — no speaking needed.

MADE FOR TRAVEL
• 150 entries written for travelers, with a local tip on almost every card
• 100% offline — works in mountain shrines and airplane mode
• No account, no ads, no tracking

From your first torii bow to your first goshuin page: visit Japan's shrines and temples with total confidence.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0.0 — 2026-08-05

No release notes.

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