安倍晴明神社（大阪） · Shrine or temple · Osaka (Abeno), Osaka
Abe Seimei Shrine, Osaka
The small shrine in Abeno that claims the diviner's birthplace, with his statue and the fox of his mother on the tablets.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Shrine or temple
- Prefecture
- Osaka · Osaka (Abeno)
- Nearest station
- Higashi-Tengachaya Station (Hankai Tramway Uemachi Line)
- From the station
- About three to five minutes on foot
- English signage
- some
- Opening hours and admission
- See the official site (external link) · information checked on 2026-11-03
Hours, admission and closing days change, and this site does not list them. The link goes to the place's own page, with the date we last checked it.
What is there
The shrine stands on a side street in Abeno, a few minutes from the tram stop, beside the larger Abe Ōji Shrine of which it is a part. By its own tradition it was founded in 1007 on the spot where Abe no Seimei was born, and it was rebuilt in 1925 after centuries of decline. A statue of Seimei stands in the courtyard, the pentagram of his craft is on the lanterns and the charms, and fortune-tellers sit in the grounds on set days. The fox is on the votive tablets.Why here
The later tales give Seimei a fox for a mother: Kuzunoha of Shinoda forest, who took a woman’s shape to marry the man who had saved her and went back to the forest when her son saw her true form. Abeno is where the boy was born in that story, and the forest, fifteen kilometres to the south, is where his mother went. The article on the fox tells where the shape-changing wife came from.Yokai you will meet
- Kitsune 狐 — The birthplace of the diviner whose mother was the fox Kuzunoha in the later tales.
Getting there
Higashi-Tengachaya Station (Hankai Tramway Uemachi Line). About three to five minutes on foot.
Sources and further reading
- Reliable secondary Abe Seimei Shrine (external link) Osaka Convention & Tourism Bureau (Osaka Info) Visitor page for the shrine in Abeno and access by the Hankai tramway.
- Database Abe Seimei Shrine (安倍晴明神社) (external link) Wikipedia (Japanese) The 1007 tradition, the 1925 rebuilding and the birthplace claim.
Other places with these yokai
- Sesshōseki, the Killing Stone 殺生石 Site
- Ōji Fox Parade 王子 狐の行列 Festival
- Seimei Shrine and Ichijō Modoribashi 晴明神社・一条戻橋 Shrine or temple
- Kuzunoha Inari Shrine, Shinoda Forest 信太森葛葉稲荷神社 Shrine or temple
Other places in Osaka
- Nuezuka, the Nue Mound 鵺塚（都島） Site
- Kuzunoha Inari Shrine, Shinoda Forest 信太森葛葉稲荷神社 Shrine or temple