Japanese Name: 穴守稲荷奥之宮
Romanized Reading: Anamori Inari Okunomiya
English Translation: Cave Protector Inari Innermost Hall
Size: Small Side Shrine (of Anamori Inari Jinja)
Deity: Inari
Fox Count: Very Many
First Visit: 1-Apr-2018
Location: Tokyo-Ota
Address: 5 Chome-2-7 Haneda, Ota City, Tokyo 144-0043
Located at the very end of the red Torii tunnel is the innermost sanctuary of Anamori Inari Jinja. I am actually not sure about whether to count this as a separate side shrine, but since it does have a separate offering box and is also bigger than most roadside shrines, I figure it counts. Anyway, this place puts the sheer number of foxes of any other Shrine I've seen so far, as well as all but a few very special shrines that I have yet to see to shame. Whereas some other shrines around here measure their fox counts in the dozens, this one measures its in the hundreds. Easily. Might as well be thousands upwards. Here's a close-up.
And that's only
part of the fox cave, which is probably what Anamori Inari was named for. Well, actually, it's probably a replica of the original cave, what with it being inside a building and all. Still, I think it's nicely thematic.
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