614 ~ Inari Yashiro

 

Japanese Name: 稲荷社
Romanized Reading: Inari Yashiro
English Translation: Inari Shrine
Size: Tiny Side Shrine of Tanjoji
Deity: Inari
Fox Count: 2
First Visit: 13-Sep-2023  
Location: Nara
Address: 32 Higashikitsujicho, Nara, 630-8331
Coordinates: 34.67533,135.82931

A tiny fox shrine just inside the gates of Tanjoji (誕生寺 "Birth Temple"). Unfortunately, the gates are closed, but I can still see a pair of tiny porcelain foxes sitting in front of it through the gaps of the fence. Unfortunately, my camera is obsessed with focusing on the fence, so I can't get any good pictures of the shrine beyond.

This is also the final fox shrine that I should find in Nara. After this, it's onward to Ise!

613 ~ Side Shrine of Tokuyuji

 

Japanese Name: ?
Romanized Reading: ?
English Translation: ?
Size: Tiny Side Shrine of Tokuyuji
Deity: ?
Fox Count: 2
First Visit: 13-Sep-2023  
Location: Nara
Address: 25 Narukawacho, Nara, 630-8335
Coordinates: 34.6755,135.8283

A tiny nameless foxy side shrine of Tokuyuji (徳融寺 "Dissolving Virtue Temple"), featuring a pair of tiny porcelain foxes. It overlooks a typical Buddhist cemetery, the likes of which can often be found next to temples.
 

612 ~ Inai Ookami, Kunifusa Daimyoujin, Inari Daimyoujin

 

Japanese Name: 稲生大神, 國房大明神, 稲荷大明神
Romanized Reading: Inai Ookami, Kunifusa Daimyoujin, Inari Daimyoujin
English Translation: Rice Life Great Deity, Land Protector Great Radiant Deity, Inari Great Radiant Deity
Size: Tiny Side Shrine of Saikoin
Deity: Inari
Fox Count: 6
First Visit: 13-Sep-2023  
Location: Nara
Address: 21 Takamikadocho, Nara, 630-8336
Coordinates: 34.6767,135.8289

The first fox shrine that we should find on our trip from Nara to Ise, while walking south from our accommodation towards the Kyoubate (京終 "Capital End") Station. This one is a side shrine of Saikoin (西光院 "West Light Temple"), and is a three-in-one shrine solution, with one roof that houses one tiny shrine flanked by two even tinier shrines, flanked by 2 small porcelain foxes for the middle shrine and 2 tiny porcelain foxes for each of the shrines to the sides.
 

611 ~ Mikuni Inari Ookami

 

Japanese Name: 三国稲荷大神
Romanized Reading: Mikuni Inari Ookami
English Translation: Three Countries Inari Great Deity
Size: Small
Deity: Inari
Fox Count: 2
First Visit: 12-Sep-2023  
Location: Kyoto-Nakagyo
Address: Reisencho, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto, 604-0011
Coordinates: 35.01377,135.75797

A tiny gated fox shrine, still in the general area of Nijou castle. I couldn't get close, but was able to take some pictures through the gate. I was able to spot one life-sized stone fox on a pedestal to the left on the shrine. I'm sure there's a matching one to the right too, even if I couldn't see it.

Incidentally, this is also already the last new fox shrine that I should find in Kyoto this time around.
 

610 ~ Gensho Inari Daimyoujin

 

Japanese Name: 源正稲荷大明神
Romanized Reading: Gensho Inari Daimyoujin
English Translation: Original Justice Inari Great Radiant Deity
Size: Small
Deity: Inari
Fox Count: 2
First Visit: 12-Sep-2023  
Location: Kyoto-Nakagyo
Address: 〒604-0034 Kyoto, Nakagyo Ward, Shimomatsuyacho, 721
Coordinates: 34.699447, 135.83545

We're back in Kyoto. Of course I already revisited Fushimi Inari Taisha, but didn't find any fox shrines there that I could identify as new with certainty.

This is the first fox shrine that I'm sure I haven't visited before. It is located next to Nijou castle, which I visited my friends, and is actually really well hidden: When I visited it, it was at the end of a long walkway next to a parking lot. Today, Google image data shows that it is hidden at the end of a narrow alley between two houses. So keep your eyes peeled if you want to find it.

Inside, in the nice cool darkness of this little shrine sits a pair of tiny porcelain foxes.
 

609 ~ Obata Mokuzai-no Inari Jinja

 

Japanese Name: 小畑木材の稲荷神社
Romanized Reading: Obata Mokuzai-no Inari Jinja
English Translation: Inari Shrine of Small Field Lumber
Size: Tiny
Deity: Inari
Fox Count: 2
First Visit: 11-Sep-2023  
Location: Nara
Address: 164-9 Hannyajicho, Nara, 630-8102
Coordinates: 34.699447, 135.83545

A tiny fox shrine standing on the grounds of a local lumber business named Obata Mokuzai (hence the name of the shrine). A pair of tiny porcelain foxes watches over this one. This is also already the last fox shrine that I should find on my first day back in Japan.
 

TANUKI 3 ~ Saifukuji

 

Japanese Name: 西福寺
Romanized Reading: Saifukuji
English Translation: West Fortune Temple
Size: Medium
Tanuki Count: 9
First Visit: 11-Sep-2023  
Location: Nara
Address: 2403 Narazakacho, Nara, 630-8104
Coordinates: 34.70418,135.83439

A Buddhist temple that features a lot of Tanuki statues to serve as its guardians, including a rare female Tanuki with pronounced breasts and a clover covering her crotch at the left side of the gate. The others are all very visibly male.