316 ~ Oohata Mikoto(?)

 

Japanese Name:  大畠命?
Romanized Reading: Oohata Mikoto?
English Translation: Large Farm Deity?
Size: Tiny​ side shrine of Ichinomiya Jinja
Deity: Inari?
Fox Count: 1
First Visit: 7-Dec-2018
Location: Yawatahama
Address: 1 Chome-3 Furumachi, Yawatahama, Ehime 796-8003
Coordinates: 33.4551,132.4293

The only fox shrine that I should find during my afternoon stray through Yawatahama (八幡浜 "Eight Flags Beach"). I hadn't actually planned to come here, so among other things I needed to find a hotel to stay the night. But after that, I got to explore, and found this tiny side shrine of Ichinomiya Jinja (一宮神社 "First Shrine Shrine"), which featured at least the majority of one tiny porcelain fox. The poor little guy was missing its tail.

Also, the sign with the shrine's name was badly weathered, so Oohata Mikoto is my best guess based on what the Kanji most look like, and what makes sense based on my understanding of Japanese and shrine names.