薬祖神社は、薬祖神とヒポクラテスなど医療の神々を祀る、日本とギリシャの治癒神をあわせ持つ珍しい神社です。

薬祖神社は京都市東玉屋町、烏丸御池近くにあります。

This shrine uniquely enshrines a trinity of medical gods from three cultures: Japanese deities Ōkuninushi and Sukunabikona, Chinese god Shennong, and ancient Greek physician Hippocrates—making it possibly the only Shinto shrine honoring a Western figure.

The original shrine was destroyed in 1864 during the Hamaguri Gate Rebellion when flames engulfed Kyoto's medics' quarter in Nijo. It was rebuilt in 1906 and relocated to its current quiet residential location in Higashi-Tamaya.