Wednesday, April 2, 2025

350 ~ Joukou Inari & Tomiyoshi Inari (Fox Lanterns)

 

Japanese Names: 浄光稲荷, 富吉稲荷
Romanized Readings: Joukou Inari, Tomiyoshi Inari
English Translations: Pure Light Inari, Wealth and Luck Inari
Size: Tiny
Deity: Inari
Fox Count: 4 (+2 on Lanterns)
First Visit: 20-Dec-2018
Location: Okayama
Address: 1-7 Banzanchō, Kita Ward, Okayama, 700-0818
Coordinates
: 34.66623,133.92667

A tiny fox shrine that I found in a backyard. On Google Maps, the whole block is a big construction site now, so this one might no longer be here. Then again, sometimes shrines are relocated or rebuilt in the wake of construction, so it might still be around.

Anyway, at the time of my visiting this one featured four tiny porcelain foxes, as well as two fox lanterns, which is the first time I saw those.
 

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