211 GOLDEN ~ Jouzan Inari Jinja

 

Japanese Name:  城山稲荷神社
Romanized Reading: Jouzan Inari Jinja
English Translation: Castle Mountain Inari Shrine
Size: Big
Deity: Inari
Fox Count: Uncountable
First Visit: 11-Sep-2018
Location: Matsue
Address: 477 Tonomachi, Matsue-shi, Shimane-ken 690-0887
Coordinates: 35.4776788,133.04957

During my stay in Daisen, I am privy to a bike, and as a result of the increased mobility am able to make a day trip all the way over to Matsue (松江 "Pine Bay") in Shimane-Ken (島根県 "Island Root Prefecture"). And a good thing too, because it is there that I find my fourth golden fox shrine!

Located on the castle grounds of Matsue castle, this shrine does not only feature several foxy side shrines, but it is literally surrounded by foxes of all sizes, shapes and states of erosion. If I read the board at the shrine gate read, this long row of foxes contains roughly two to three thousand fox statues.

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