Japanese Name: 孫太郎稲荷神社
Romanized Reading: Magotarou Inari Jinja
English Translation: Fat Descendant Son Inari Shrine
Size: Medium
Deity: Inari
Fox Count: 8
First Visit: 25-Oct-2018
Location: Fukuoka-Chuuou
Address: 13-10 Nishikōen, Chūō-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka-ken 810-0061
Coordinates: 33.59748,130.37684
If I thought that Kurose Jinja had just made my day fox-shrine wise, then this shrine atop that very same hill should prove me wrong. In fact, there's a little foot path leading right up to this shrine from Kurose Jinja, which is how I found it and its many vulpine side shrines. The main shrine itself is already off to a good start, featuring two life-sized stone foxes outside, and another six slightly smaller foxes inside. Four of these are remarkably white porcelain foxes, which makes them rather big for their kind (but still not as big as the ones I saw back in Tokyo at
Kiryu Inari Jinja). Anyway, this is the fifth golden fox shrine I encountered on my journey so far, and should remain the only one that is not located on Honshu.
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