Japanese Name: 正一位水守稲荷大明神
English Reading: Daiichii Mizumori Inari Daimyoujin
English Translation: Highest-Ranking Water Protector Inari Great Radiant Deity
Size: Tiny
Deity: Inari
Fox Count: 2
First Visit: 18-Mar-2018
Location: Tokyo-Minato
Address: 4 Chome-4-10 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tōkyō-to 105-0014
Tiny though this shrine may be, it is special in
so many ways. For starters, this one is literally surrounded by buildings on all sides except the front, because it is standing in the porch of a big building, so there's even a building above it. Then, the name of it is full of grandeur. The "Daiichii" (read: Dai-Ichi-I) is a prefix found in many shrines, and "Daimyoujin" is something that sometimes replaces the more common "Jinja" in the Shrine names, ironically mostly for small and tiny shrines such as this one.
No comments:
Post a Comment