23 ~ Yukihisa Inari Jinja

 

Japanese Name:  幸久稲荷神社
English Reading: Yukihisa Inari Jinja?
English Translation: Long Time Fortune Inari Shrine
Size: Small
Deity: Inari
Fox Count: 2
First Visit: 18-Mar-2018
Location: Tokyo-Minato
Address: 4 Chome-6-20 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tōkyō-to 105-0014

A small Inari shrine on an empty lot of land next to an unusual garage. That garage is not for a car, but rather for the "divine palanquin" of the nearby Miho Jinja (御穂神社"Honorable Ear Shrine"). These portable shrines are often carried through the streets during Matsuri (祭り "Festival"). In between, they are sometimes stored visibly in houses on the shrine grounds, and sometimes in humble garages like this one. Anyway, back to the fox shrine at paw. This one features two little foxes inside if you look closely. I think it's also permissible to open the outer doors of small shrines like this in order to make offerings, but I'd recommend asking a local first, just to be sure.