WOLF 2 ~ Inage Jinja

 

Japanese Name: 稲毛神社
Romanized Reading: Inage Jinja
English Translation: Rice Fur Shrine
Size: Big
Deity: Takemikazuchi
Wolf Count: 2
First Visit: 30-Jan-2019
Location: Kawasaki
Address: 7-7 Miyamotocho, Kawasaki Ward, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 210-0004
Coordinates: 35.53101,139.70462

After almost a year in Japan, I am now back in the Radiant Metropolis. Here, the circle closes, and the first shrine that I find is one attended by two fierce-looking wolves, the right of which is explicitly depicted as male.

The deity enshrined here is Takemikazuchi, the God of War, Thunder, Swords, Ice, Martial Arts and Earthquake-Control, who puts down Namazu, the giant catfish whose trashing causes earthquakes.

🡻Numazu - Kawasaki/Tokyo🡹

This is just a marker post. All shrines before this post are in or near Numazu, and all shrines after this are in Kawasaki or Tokyo.

572 ~ Unnamed Shrine in Numazu

 

Japanese Name: ?
Romanized Reading: ?
English Translation: ?
Size: Small
Deity: Inari?
Fox Count: 5
First Visit: 27-Jan-2019
Location: Numazu
Address: 419-1 Ōzuwa, Numazu, Shizuoka 410-0873
Coordinates: 35.10967,138.83311

The last fox shrine that I should find on my epic tour around Ashitakayama, and also the last one during my stay in Numazu. This one houses a quintet of tiny porcelain foxes inside.
 

571 ~ Inari Jinja

 

Japanese Name: 稲荷神社
Romanized Reading: Inari Jinja
English Translation: Inari Shrine
Size: Medium
Deity: Inari
Fox Count: 2
First Visit: 27-Jan-2019
Location: Fuji
Address: 3 Chome-4-1 Imai, Fuji, Shizuoka 417-0846
Coordinates: 35.14030,138.71616

A fox shrine that is located at the top of a small hill near the shore. As in: "That sure are toughly five dozen stairs to climb there!" I can imagine that this place would be a great refuge during a Tsunami.

Anyway, two life-sized stone foxes watch over this shrine. Incidentally, they also get a good view of Mt. Fuji from where they sit.

570 ~ Ookuma Inari Ookami (near Buddhist Reliquary)

 

Japanese Name: 大隈稲荷大神
Romanized Reading: Ookuma Inari Ookami
English Translation: Great Corner Inari Great Deity
Size: Small
Deity: Inari
Fox Count: 2
First Visit: 27-Jan-2019
Location: Fuji
Address: 12 Suzukawacho, Fuji, Shizuoka 417-0015
Coordinates: 35.14069,138.69703

A shrine that may or may not be considered a side shrine of the Tagonoura Busshari Tou (田子浦仏舎利塔 "Field Child Bay Buddhist Reliquary"), which is this thing:

Next to that, this fox shrine seems kinda humble. Two tiny porcelain foxes live inside.

You may also notice that the sun is already kinda low in the sky there.

(+) I'm already back near the sea by now

(-) My Airbnb is still about 16km to the east from here, and I'm already pretty beat

Soo... Yay! Off we go!
 

 

569 ~ Inari Jinja (Mt. Fuji View)

 

Japanese Name: 稲荷神社
Romanized Reading: Inari Jinja
English Translation: Inari Shrine
Size: Medium
Deity: Inari
Fox Count: 2
First Visit: 27-Jan-2019
Location: Fuji
Address: 754 Harada, Fuji, Shizuoka 417-0852
Coordinates: 35.17280,138.70456

I didn't find any fox shrines during the northern half of my ride. The next that I come across is all the way downhill in the city of Fuji (富士 "Wealthy Gentleman"), from where you can still see the eponymous stratovolcano quite clearly. At this point, the peak of the mountain is 20km away, while my closest approach was at 13km, on the saddle between it and the aforementioned Ashitakayama. A pair of life-sized stone foxes watch over this shrine.
 

568 ~ Dousojin & Inari Jinja

 

Japanese Names: 道祖神, 稲荷神社
Romanized Readings: Dousojin, Inari Jinja
English Translations: Road Founder Deity, Inari Shrine
Size: Small
Deities: Dousojin, Inari
Fox Count: 2 (+ some shards)
First Visit: 27-Jan-2019
Location: Susono
Address: Shimowada, Susono, Shizuoka 410-1105
Coordinates: 35.22232,138.88648

A small fox shrine located on a triangle of roads inside a bigger triangle of roads.

Dousojin is a traveller's guardian deity, and thus I'm quite happy to find this shrine. May they watch over me, together with Inari. Also, two tiny porcelain foxes live in here, and there's also some shards that indicate that this place may have once been home to two more.