351 ~ Jinkurou Inari (Komainu & Foxes)

 

Japanese Name: 甚九郎稲荷
Romanized Reading: Jinkurou Inari
English Translation: Great Nine Sons Inari
Size: Medium
Deity: Inari
Fox Count: 3
First Visit: 20-Dec-2018
Location: Okayama
Address: 9-41 Tenjincho, Kita Ward, Okayama, 700-0814
Coordinates: 34.66662,133.92992

This fox shrine is unusual in that it features both Komainu and foxes as its guardians. Normally, it's either one or the other. But as it is, a pair of Komainu sit watch at the outside gates, then there's one lone, life sized stone fox to the right of the approach to the shrine, and then another two just outside the shrine building.
 

350 ~ Joukou Inari & Tomiyoshi Inari (Fox Lanterns)

 

Japanese Names: 浄光稲荷, 富吉稲荷
Romanized Readings: Joukou Inari, Tomiyoshi Inari
English Translations: Pure Light Inari, Wealth and Luck Inari
Size: Tiny
Deity: Inari
Fox Count: 4 (+2 on Lanterns)
First Visit: 20-Dec-2018
Location: Okayama
Address: 1-7 Banzanchō, Kita Ward, Okayama, 700-0818
Coordinates: 34.66623,133.92667

A tiny fox shrine that I found in a backyard. On Google Maps, the whole block is a big construction site now, so this one might no longer be here. Then again, sometimes shrines are relocated or rebuilt in the wake of construction, so it might still be around.

Anyway, at the time of my visiting this one featured four tiny porcelain foxes, as well as two fox lanterns, which is the first time I saw those.
 

349 ~ Inari Jinja

 

Japanese Name: 稲荷神社
Romanized Reading: Inari Jinja
English Translation: Inari Shrine
Size: Tiny side shrine of Doutsuu Jinja
Deity: Inari
Fox Count: 2
First Visit: 20-Dec-2018
Location: Okayama
Address: 1-3 Iwatacho, Kita Ward, Okayama, 700-0022
Coordinates: 34.66887,133.92028

The first fox shrine I should find on my one day in Okayama. This one is a side shrine of Doutsuu Jinja (道通神社 "Road Traffic Shrine") which is itself only a very small shrine jammed between two buildings next to a main road. A pair of tiny porcelain foxes reside within this shrine.

🡻Onomichi - Okayama🡹

This is just a marker post. All shrines before this post are in (or near) Onomichi, and all shrines after this are in Okayama.

348 ~ Another Side Shrine of Inari Jinja

 

Japanese Name: ?
Romanized Reading: ?
English Translation: ?
Size: Tiny side shrine of Inari Jinja
Deity: Inari?
Fox Count: 0.5
First Visit: 18-Dec-2018
Location: Tadanoumi
Address: 4-chōme-2-35 Tadanoumi Nakamachi, Takehara, Hiroshima 729-2316
Coordinates: 34.3404,132.9901

The second, just barely foxy side shrine of Tadanoumi Inari Jinja. This one just features a single tiny porcelain fox, and the poor little thing is missing both its head and most of its tail.
 

347 ~ Side Shrine of Inari Jinja

 

Japanese Name: ?
Romanized Reading: ?
English Translation: ?
Size: Tiny side shrine of Inari Jinja
Deity: Inari?
Fox Count: 6
First Visit: 18-Dec-2018
Location: Tadanoumi
Address: 4-chōme-2-35 Tadanoumi Nakamachi, Takehara, Hiroshima 729-2316
Coordinates: 34.3404,132.9901

One of the vulpine side shrines of Tadanoumi's Inari Jinja. This one features six tiny porcelain foxes.
 

346 ~ Inari Jinja

 

Japanese Name: 稲荷神社
Romanized Reading: Inari Jinja
English Translation: Inari Shrine
Size: Medium
Deity: Inari
Fox Count: Many
First Visit: 18-Dec-2018
Location: Tadanoumi
Address: 4-chōme-2-35 Tadanoumi Nakamachi, Takehara, Hiroshima 729-2316
Coordinates: 34.34048,132.99015

The first fox shrine that I should find on my trip to Ookunoashima, the island of rabbits. This one is located in the coastal town of Tadanoumi (忠海 "Ocean of Loaylty"), which is located roughly 20km southwest of Onomichi as the dragon flies. The ferry to Ookunoashima departs from here on a hourly basis, which gave me time to explore the town and find this fox shrine.

Two life-sized stone foxes sit watch outside, and a good number of tiny porcelain foxes reside within (but not enough to qualify this shrine for bronze rank).