538 ~ Nemu Jinja

 

Japanese Name: 睡神社
Romanized Reading: Nemu Jinja
English Translation: Inari Great Deity
Size: Tiny Side Shrine of Fushimi Inari Taisha
Deity: ?
Fox Count: 2
First Visit: 8-Jan-2019
Location: Nara
Address: Nara Park
Coordinates: 34.68489,135.84080

The first fox shrine that I should find in Nara, the city of deer. And since it's located right in the middle of Nara Kouen (奈良公園 "Nara Public Park"), there's actually quite a lot of deer around that are perfectly tame. Anyway, a pair of life-sized stone foxes watch over this shrine. Which is fenced off, by the way, so that the deer can't get too close. Such as this:

🡻Kyoto - Nara🡹

This is just a marker post. All shrines before this post are in Kyoto, and all shrines after this are in Nara.

537 ~ Inari Ookami

 

Japanese Name: 稲荷大神 
Romanized Reading: Inari Ookami
English Translation: Inari Great Deity
Size: Tiny Side Shrine of Fushimi Inari Taisha
Deity: Inari
Fox Count: 2
First Visit: 5-Jan-2019
Location: Kyoto-Fushimi ~ Inariyama ~ Torii Road ~ Lower Leg Segment
Address: 2-1 Fukakusa Sasayamacho, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto, 612-0811
Coordinates: 34.96771,135.77665

The final fox shrine that I should find on my first visit to Kyoto. And we're back on Inariyama again, for one last visit! This time, I'm showing a group of furries around. And since I took a slightly different path this time around, I came across this new shrine.

I only came across a pair of life-sized stone foxes here, but I'm sure if I had spent more time looking, I would have found many more in the vicinity.
 

536 ~ Takaichi Daimyoujin (Wall Shrine)

 

Japanese Name: 高市大明神
Romanized Reading: Takaichi Daimyoujin
English Translation: Tall City Great Radiant Deity
Size: Tiny 
Deity: Inari
Fox Count: 2
First Visit: 3-Jan-2019
Location: Kyoto-Shimogyou
Address: 57-1 Masuyachō, Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, 600-8195
Coordinates: 34.99398,135.76262

The final fox shrine that I should find on today's stray, and it's a slightly unusual one. While most shrines are free standing, this one is a connecting wall between two houses. A pair of tiny porcelain foxes resides within. And although it doesn't have Inari in its name, the Inari emblem on its hangings clearly marks it as an Inari shrine.

 

535 ~ Fukumashi Inari

 

Japanese Name: 福増稲荷
Romanized Reading: Fukumashi Inari
English Translation: Fortune Gain Inari
Size: Tiny Side Shrine of Choukoji
Deity: Inari
Fox Count: 4 (+2 Dogs)
First Visit: 3-Jan-2019
Location: Kyoto-Shimogyou
Address: 〒600-8087 Kyoto, Shimogyo Ward, Hinoshitacho, 31
Coordinates: 34.99855,135.76203

By now, it's already gotten dark. Night falls more quickly here, but I've also found and visited a bunch of other shrines on my way south.

Anyway, this one is a side shrine of Choukoji (長香寺 "Superior Smell Temple"), and it is watched over not only by a pair of life-sized stone foxes as well as a pair of tiny porcelain foxes, but also a pair of life-sized stone dogs on the outer gates. It's rare to see both dogs and foxes at the same shrine, but this is one of them.
 

534 ~ Hinode Inari Jinja

 

Japanese Name: 日之出稲荷神社 
Romanized Reading: Hinode Inari Jinja
English Translation: Sunrise Inari Shrine
Size: Tiny Side Shrine of Nishiki Tenmangu
Deity: Inari
Fox Count: 9
First Visit: 3-Jan-2019
Location: Kyoto-Nakagyou
Address: 537 Nakanocho, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto, 604-8042
Coordinates: 35.0050,135.7674

A tiny side shrine of Nishiki Tenmangu (錦天満宮 "Brocade Heavenly Full Shrine"). That one is particularly noteworthy because it is directly adjunct to the Shinkyogoku Doori (新京極通 "New Capital Settlement Road"), which is a roofed shopping street. The shrine itself is open air, which makes it feel like a courtyard to the shopping street.

It is literally crammed into a small courtyard too! And if you go past the main shrine to the left, you arrive on a few square meters with three tiny side shrines, one of which is this one. A total of nine tiny porcelain foxes hide within.
 

533 ~ Tatsumi Daimyoujin

 

Japanese Name: 辰巳大明神 
Romanized Reading: Tatsumi Daimyoujin
English Translation: Southeast Great Radiant Deity
Size: Tiny
Deity: ?
Fox Count: 2
First Visit: 3-Jan-2019
Location: Kyoto-Higashiyama
Address: 〒605-0087 Kyoto, Higashiyama Ward, Motoyoshicho, 元吉町５９−59
Coordinates: 35.00570,135.77437

Located at the tip of a fork in the road, there's this tiny shrine, which true to its name is located in the southeast of Motoyoshicho (元吉町 "Originally Lucky Town"). Two life-sized stone foxes lurk behind the plants of this one.