594 ~ Toyouke Inari Daimyoujin

 

Japanese Name: 豊受稲荷大明神
Romanized Reading: Toyouke Inari Daimyoujin
English Translation: Bountiful Catch Inari Great Radiant Deity
Size: Tiny
Deity: Inari
Fox Count: 3
First Visit: 2-Feb-2019  
Location: Tokyo-Oota
Address: 2 Chome-11-28 Yaguchi, Ota City, Tokyo 146-0093
Coordinates: 35.56336,139.69148

I'm now across the river, and thus officially back in Tokyo again. This tiny shrine hides at the back of a coffee store, well out of sight. I only found it because it was marked on Google maps, and I specifically targeted Inari Shrines for this stray. After all, I want to reach that magical 600 milestone!

Anyway, there's at least three tiny porcelain foxes inside this little shrine, two of which are gilded. There might be a fourth one hiding behind the leaves to the left, but we can't be sure.
 

593 ~ Saiwai Inarisha

 

Japanese Name: 幸稲荷社
Romanized Reading: Saiwai Inarisha
English Translation: Happiness Inari Shrine
Size: Medium
Deity: Inari
Fox Count: 2
First Visit: 2-Feb-2019  
Location: Kawasaki
Address: 1 Chome-11-7 Nakasaiwaichō, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 212-0012
Coordinates: 35.53763,139.69340

A happy little fox shrine that was moved to its present location when the neighboring Saiwaichou Elementary School was built. A pair of life-sized stone foxes watches over this one.
 

592 ~ Kawasaki Ichiba Inari Jinja

 

Japanese Name: 川崎市場稲荷神社
Romanized Reading: Kawasaki Ichiba Inari Jinja
English Translation: River Cape Market Inari Shrine
Size: Tiny
Deity: Inari
Fox Count: 2
First Visit: 2-Feb-2019  
Location: Kawasaki
Address: 3-2 Higashidacho, Kawasaki Ward, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 210-0005
Coordinates: 3 Chome-143-7 Minamisaiwaicho, Saiwai Ward, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 212-0016

A tiny fox shrine next to a wholesale market. A pair of life-sized stone foxes watch over this.
 

591 ~ Higashimori Inari Jinja

 

Japanese Name: 東森稲荷神社 
Romanized Reading: Higashimori Inari Jinja
English Translation: East Forest Inari Shrine
Size: Tiny
Deity: Inari
Fox Count: 2
First Visit: 2-Feb-2019  
Location: Kawasaki
Address: 3-2 Higashidacho, Kawasaki Ward, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 210-0005
Coordinates: 35.52858,139.70142

A tiny fox shrine next to Higashida Kouen (東田公園 "East Field Park"), which is actually more of an inner courtyard between apartment blocks. The shrine itself is locked behind gates. A pair of life-sized stone foxes watch over this shrine.

590 ~ Kawasaki Inarisha

 

Japanese Name: 川崎稲荷社
Romanized Reading: Kawasaki Inarisha
English Translation: River Cape Inari Shrine
Size: Medium
Deity: Inari
Fox Count: 4
First Visit: 2-Feb-2019  
Location: Kawasaki
Address: 〒210-0001 Kanagawa, Kawasaki, Kawasaki Ward, Honcho, 2 Chome−10-9 川崎稲荷神社
Coordinates: 35.53505,139.70581

It is now only a few days before the end of my first and longest stay in Japan ends. During my year here, I have visited almost 600 fox shrines all around the land.

It goes without saying that I should not let it end this close to the psychologically important milestone mark, and so I embark on an epic stray around Kawasaki and southern Tokyo to find a few more fox shrines.

This is the first one that I should find on that tour. Hidden between tall apartment blocks, it is watched over by two life-sized stone foxes, and a pair of tiny porcelain foxes reside within.
 

CAT 2 ~ Mikii Inari

 

Japanese Name: 美喜井稲荷
Romanized Reading: Mikii Inari
English Translation: Beautiful Rejoice Well Inari
Size: Medium
Deity: Inari
Cat Count: 4
First Visit: 31-Jan-2019  
Location: Tokyo-Minato
Address: 4 Chome-9-19 Akasaka, 港区 Minato-ku, Tōkyō-to 107-0052
Coordinates: 35.67514,139.73248

We're finally no longer at Toyokawa Inari Tokyo Betsuin, but still very close. Literally only across the street, there's another Inari shrine above the driveway of a garage. You have to climb some stone steps to get to it, and then you're greeted not by foxes, but rather a life-sized stone cat with a red bib. Above the shrine, there are carvings of two more cats - one with a bird on its paw, while the other seems to be devouring souls. Inside, there's at least one Maneki Neko (招き猫 "Waving Cat"). 

FROG 1 ~ Toyokawa Mizu Jinja

 

Japanese Name: 豊川水神社
Romanized Reading: Toyokawa Mizu Jinja
English Translation: Toyokawa Water Shrine
Size: Tiny Side Shrine of Toyokawa Inari Tokyo Betsuin
Deity: Water
Frog Count: 5
First Visit: 31-Jan-2019  
Location: Tokyo-Minato
Address: 1 Chome-4-7 Motoakasaka, Minato City, Tokyo 107-0051
Coordinates: 35.6764 139.7325

We've covered all of the vulpine side shrines of Toyokawa Inari Tokyo Betsuin, but there's still one more side shrine worth of notice here: This tiny shrine is literally dedicated to water, so it makes sense that it would have a bunch of frogs as its guardians.

This is actually not the first shrine featuring foxes, but since the last one (The Suehiro Ookami Cluster in Kyoto) also featured many foxes, it did not get marked explicitly as a FROG shrine. So this is officially the first pure frog shrine that I came across.