318 ~ Inari Jinja

 

Japanese Name:  稲荷神社
Romanized Reading: Inari Jinja
English Translation: Inari Shrine
Size: Big
Deity: Inari
Fox Count: 4
First Visit: 9-Dec-2018
Location: Masaki
Address: 130-1 Nishitakayanagi, Masaki, Iyo District, Ehime 791-3132
Coordinates: 33.80362,132.72349

A big vulpine shrine located on the south side of Shigenobugawa (重信川 "Esteemed Faithful River"), which puts it just outside the city boundary of Matsuyama. Incidentally, today, I am on a stray south towards a town called Inari. Guess why.

Anyway, two big stone foxes sit at the shrine gates, and another two small ones are located inside (though I can only glimpse the rear end of one of those).