359 ~ Gosha Jojukyu

 

Japanese Name: 五社成就宮
Romanized Reading: Gosha Joujukmiya
English Translation: Five Shrines Fulfillment Shrine
Size: Medium Side Shrine of Toufuku-ji
Deity: Inari?
Fox Count: 2
First Visit: 25-Dec-2018
Location: Kyoto-Higashiyama
Address: 8 Kyobashicho, Kita Ward, Okayama, 700-0831
Coordinates: 34.97569,135.77456

The first fox shrine I found in Kyoto. The first of many, Many, MANY!!! Kyoto really is the origin of Inari worship, and so there's just SO MANY fox shrines around. So buckle up, because we're going to be in Kyoto for the rest of the year. It's also the first of many fox shrines that I should find on Christmas day.

This is a side shrine of Toufuku-ji (東福寺 "East Fortune Temple"), one of Kyotos several big temple complexes.  A pair of life-sized stone foxes watch over this one. It's probably an Inari shrine, but I can't be sure.