El Shinto Shrine Kuyisakhiwo inhloso yaso enkulu esetshenziselwa ukugcina izinto ezingcwele, hhayi ukukhonza. Yize kusetshenziswa igama elilodwa kuphela ("indawo engcwele") esiNgisini, ngesiJapane, izindawo ezingcwele zamaShinto zingaholela kunoma yimaphi amagama amaningi ahlukile, angafani, njenge- gongen, -gu, jinja, Jingu, mori, Myojin, Taisha, ubisuna noma uYashiro.
Ngokwakheka, indawo engcwele ngokuvamile ibonakala ngokutholakala kwe- izinja noma indawo engcwele, lapho i- Kami. I-honden, noma kunjalo, ingaba engekho ngokuphelele, njengesibonelo, lapho indawo engcwele isentabeni engcwele lapho inikezelwe khona, futhi ekhonzwa ngqo.
I-honden ingahle futhi ilahleke lapho izakhiwo ze-altare zingekho eduze, ezibizwa ngokuthi i-himorogi noma izinto okukholelwa ukuthi ziyakwazi ukuheha imimoya ebizwa ngokuthi i-yorishiro engasebenza njengesixhumanisi esiqonde ngqo ku-kami. Kungaba khona i-haiden nezinye izakhiwo.
Abathengisi abancane be-antique bayakhothwa hokora ngezikhathi ezithile lokho kungatholakala eceleni kwemigwaqo. AmaShrines amakhulu kwesinye isikhathi anezindawo ezingcwele ezincane ezibizwa ngokuthi i-sessha noma i-massha ngaphakathi kwezindawo ezivalekile. Izindawo ezingcwele eziphathwayo ezithwalwa abathembekile ezigxotsheni phakathi nemikhosi (matsuri) nemikoshi ezibizwa ngokuthi empeleni zingcwelisa i-kami ngakho-ke amathempeli athile.