Friday, April 26, 2024

BRONZE 137 ~ Chigo Inari Jinja

 

Japanese Name:  地護稲荷神社
Romanized Reading: Chigo Inari Jinja
English Translation: Ground Guardian Inari Shrine
Size: Tiny
Deity: Inari
Fox Count: Many
First Visit: 30-Apr-2018
Location: Tokyo-Taito
Address: 3 Chome-5-3 Higashiueno, Taito City, Tokyo 110-0015

One of three fox shrines that I should find on my stray today. This one is already a winner: Tiny though it might be, it features a shelf with many tiny porcelain foxes behind the pedestal that holds the tiny shrine. A quartet of tiny porcelain foxes also sit directly next to the shrine, and a pair of roughly life-sized stone foxes sits guard in front of one of the stone Torii.



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