468 ~ Happyakuman Ookami (Cluster Start)

 

Japanese Name: 八百萬大神
Romanized Readings: Happyakuman Ookami
English Translations: Eight Million Great Gods
Size: Tiny
Deities: All
Fox Count: 2
First Visit: 25-Dec-2018
Location: Kyoto-Fushimi
Address: Fukakusa Gokurakuji Yamacho, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto, 612-0813
Coordinates: 34.9650,135.7875

The 106th vulpine side shrine of Fushimi Inari Taisha, and the first within the Happyakuman Ookami cluster. This cluster does not have any buildings, and is literally just there at the roadside between two of the "Cascade" clusters.

As for the deities that this one is dedicated to... I wrote "all", and I mean it. "Happyakuman" is a sort of magic number in Shinto worship, referring to the total number of Shinto deities. If you hear that number anywhere, it's a clear reference to Shinto. And here of course it's obvious.

Anyway, this one is watched over by the usual pair of life-sized stone foxes again, with the left one holding a scroll, and the right one holding an orb. These two foxes are also clearly the newest parts of this shrine.