Wednesday, June 18, 2025

401 ~ Shirohige Ookami

 

Japanese Name: 白髭大神
Romanized Reading: Shirohige Ookami
English Translation: White Beard Great Deity
Size: Tiny side shrine of Kobogataki within Fushimi Inari Taisha
Deity: ?
Fox Count: 2
First Visit: 25-Dec-2018
Location: Kyoto-Fushimi
Address: 27 Fukakusa Sasayamachō, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto, 612-0811
Coordinates
: 34.9655, 135.7810

The 40th vulpine side shrine of Fushimi Inari Taisha, the 33rd within the Kobogataki supercluster, and the ninth in the latter's eastern area. Again, this one also features a pair of life-sized stone foxes. The left one holds its usual scroll, and again, the right one has something in its maw, which is probably a jewel, but I can't be sure.

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