Wednesday, April 1, 2026

582 ~ Toyokawa Dakini Shinten


Japanese Name: 豊川吃枳尼真天
Romanized Reading: Toyokawa Dakini Shinten
English Translation: Bountiful River Dakini Deva
Size: Tiny Side Shrine of Toyokawa Inari Tokyo Betsuin
Deity: Dakini
Fox Count:
 7
First Visit:
 31-Jan-2019  
Location: Tokyo-Minato
Address:
 1 Chome-4-7 Motoakasaka, Minato City, Tokyo 107-0051
Coordinates:
 35.6764 139.7325

The seventh vulpine side shrine of Toyokawa Inari Tokyo Betsuin. This one is located right next to the Reigitsune Houan no Dsuka, on the other side of a row of flags. This shrine also nicely illustrates the origin of Inari worship in Japan, which came from the Indian goddess Dakini, which was came to Japan via Buddhism as Dakini-Ten (or Dakini-Shinten if you want to be fancy), and eventually merged with local fertility deities into the Inari faith we observe today.

Anyway, a total of seven life-sized stone foxes watch over this shrine. One of the right ones has a kit, thus bringing the vixen side count to 19:36.
 

Monday, March 30, 2026

581 ~ Toyokawa Inari Tokyo Betsuin Okunoin

 

Japanese Name: 豊川稲荷東京別院奥の院
Romanized Reading: Toyokawa Inari Tokyo Betsuin Okunoin
English Translation: Toyokawa Inari Tokyo Branch Temple Innermost Temple
Size: Medium Side Temple of Toyokawa Inari Tokyo Betsuin
Deity: Inari
Fox Count:
 6
First Visit:
 31-Jan-2019  
Location: Tokyo-Minato
Address:
 1 Chome-4-7 Motoakasaka, Minato City, Tokyo 107-0051
Coordinates:
 35.6764 139.7325


The sixth vulpine side shrine (actually, this one is technically a temple, but oh well, you get the idea) of Toyokawa Inari Tokyo Betsuin. This is where things start to get a bit confusing, location-wise, because there's just so many fox shrines on such a small area, and I did not make a proper map of them all in relation to one another. Anyway, I am reasonably sure that this one is the right one of the two back shrines. A total of six foxes flank its approach. Four of them are life-sized stone foxes, and two of them are slightly larger-than life bronze foxes.
 

 

Saturday, March 28, 2026

580 ~ Reigitsune Houan no Dsuka (Fox Pyramid)

 

Japanese Name: 霊狐奉安之塚
Romanized Reading: Reigitsune Houan no Dsuka
English Translation: Spirit Fox Enshrining Den
Size: Medium Side Shrine of Toyokawa Inari Toyko Betsuin
Deity: Inari
Fox Count:
 Many
First Visit:
 31-Jan-2019  
Location: Tokyo-Minato
Address:
 1 Chome-4-7 Motoakasaka, Minato City, Tokyo 107-0051
Coordinates:
 35.67628,139.73274

The fifth vulpine side shrine of Toyokawa Inari Tokyo Betsuin, and one of the main events. This one is located on the far side of the green area, where stone shelves filled with stone foxes of varying sizes and designs stand next to an octagonal three-step pyramid filled with more foxes, and an obelisk in the middle, which is tipped off by a big, black Nyoi Houju (如意宝珠 "Wish-Fulfilling Jewel"). A big statue of Inarin - the mascot of Toyokawa - is also standing around here.

Friday, March 27, 2026

579 ~ Toyokawa Inari Tokyo Betsuin Side Shrine

 

Japanese Name: ?
Romanized Reading: ?
English Translation: ?
Size: Tiny Side Shrine of Toyokawa Inari Toyko Betsuin
Deity: Inari
Fox Count:
 2
First Visit:
 31-Jan-2019  
Location: Tokyo-Minato
Address:
 1 Chome-4-7 Motoakasaka, Minato City, Tokyo 107-0051
Coordinates:
 35.6763,139.7329

The fourth vulpine side shrine of Toyokawa Inari Tokyo Betsuin. This one is located to the left of the two previous ones. A pair of slightly smaller-than-life stone foxes have taken shelter inside the tiny little shrine.

 

Thursday, March 26, 2026

578 ~ Toyokawa Inari Tokyo Betsuin Side Shrine

 

Japanese Name: ?
Romanized Reading: ?
English Translation: ?
Size: Tiny Side Shrine of Toyokawa Inari Toyko Betsuin
Deity: Inari
Fox Count:
 2
First Visit:
 31-Jan-2019
Location: Tokyo-Minato
Address:
 1 Chome-4-7 Motoakasaka, Minato City, Tokyo 107-0051
Coordinates:
 35.6763,139.7329

The third vulpine side shrine of Toyokawa Inari Tokyo Betsuin.This one is located literally right behind the previous one, and features a pair of slightly smaller-than life stone foxes, both of which are kinda battered.
 

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

577 ~ Toyokawa Inari Tokyo Betsuin Side Shrine

 

Japanese Name: ?
Romanized Reading: ?
English Translation: ?
Size: Tiny Side Shrine of Toyokawa Inari Toyko Betsuin
Deity: Inari
Fox Count:
 3
First Visit:
 31-Jan-2019
Location: Tokyo-Minato
Address:
 1 Chome-4-7 Motoakasaka, Minato City, Tokyo 107-0051
Coordinates:
 35.6763,139.7329

The second vulpine side shrine of Toyokawa Inari Tokyo Betsuin. This one is hidden somewhere among the trees, I think a bit to the east of the Kodaki Kitsune. It is flanked by a pair of slightly smaller-than-life stone foxes, the left one of which has a kit, thus bringing the vixen side count to 19:35.
 

Monday, March 23, 2026

576 ~ Kodaki Kitsune

 

Japanese Name: 子だき狐
Romanized Reading: Kodaki Kitsune
English Translation: Child-hugging Fox
Size: Tiny Side Shrine of Toyokawa Inari Toyko Betsuin
Deity: Inari
Fox Count:
 7
First Visit:
 31-Jan-2019
Location: Tokyo-Minato
Address:
 1 Chome-4-7 Motoakasaka, Minato City, Tokyo 107-0051
Coordinates:
 35.67632,139.73292

The first vulpine side shrine of Toyokawa Inari Tokyo Betsuin. A total of seven stone foxes of varying sizes watch over this shrine, with one sitting right inside. One of the life-sized foxes on the left has a kit, thus bringing the vixen side count to 18:35.

Also note that the map above is extremely stylized and highly inaccurate, but it's still the best that I could find. In reality, the buildings are larger, and there's much less green. Here's how Toyokawa Inari Tokyo Betsuin actually looks from that angle:


582 ~ Toyokawa Dakini Shinten

Japanese Name : 豊川吃枳尼真天 Romanized Reading : Toyokawa Dakini Shinten English Translation : Bountiful River Dakini Deva Size:  Tiny Side Shri...