516 SILVER ~ Takenaka Inari Jinja

 

Japanese Name: 竹中稲荷神社 
Romanized Reading: Takenaka Inari Jinja
English Translation: Bamboo Middle Inari Shrine
Size: Medium
Deity: Inari
Fox Count: 6
First Visit: 3-Jan-2019
Location: Kyoto-Minami
Address: 3-64 Yoshidakaguraokacho, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto, 606-8311
Coordinates: 35.02488,135.78667

We're barely out of Fushimi Inari Taisha, and already I'm getting sucked into the next major fox shrine compound. I was actually just walking along the Imadegawa Douri (今出川通り "Now Exiting Stream Road") when I noticed a big red Torii at the foot of a hill on the south of the road. Naturally drawn to it, I crossed the road and walked through the forest for a bit, and found myself at this shrine.

The main shrine already has six foxes to watch over it, and it also features a total of 16 side shrines, half of which have foxes on their own. Not nearly as many as Fushimi Inari Taisha, but still more than in some other cities that I visited combined.