Tuesday, December 3, 2024

274 ~ Gentoku Inari Jinja

 

Japanese Name:  玄徳稲荷神社
Romanized Reading: Gentoku Inari Jinja
English Translation: Mysterious Virtue Inari Shrine
Size: Medium
Deity: Inari
Fox Count: 4
First Visit: 25-Oct-2018
Location: Fukuoka-Hakata
Address: 1 Chome-21-24 Chiyo, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka-ken 812-0044
Coordinates
: 33.60258,130.41743

A medium-sized fox shrine in the more central part of Fukuoka. This one features a pair of high-quality life-sized stone foxes, and another pair that is smaller and of more crude design.

Monday, December 2, 2024

273 ~ Maruyama Jinja

 

Japanese Name:  丸山神社
Romanized Reading: Maruyama Jinja
English Translation: Round Mountain Shrine
Size: Tiny side shrine of Kotohime Daimyoujin
Deity: Inari?
Fox Count: 7
First Visit: 25-Oct-2018
Location: Fukuoka-Hakata
Address: 3 Chome-8-2 Katakasu, Hakata Ward, Fukuoka, 812-0043
Coordinates
: 33.59817, 130.42156

  

Aforementioned side shrine of  Kotohime Daimyoujin. This one features seven tiny porcelain foxes inside, and once again, the foxes and symbology make me assume that this one, too, is an Inari shrine.

274 ~ Gentoku Inari Jinja

  Japanese Name :  玄徳稲荷神社 Romanized Reading : Gentoku Inari Jinja English Translation : Mysterious Virtue Inari Shrine Size : Medium Deity :...