535 ~ Fukumashi Inari

 

Japanese Name: 福増稲荷
Romanized Reading: Fukumashi Inari
English Translation: Fortune Gain Inari
Size: Tiny Side Shrine of Choukoji
Deity: Inari
Fox Count: 4 (+2 Dogs)
First Visit: 3-Jan-2019
Location: Kyoto-Shimogyou
Address: 〒600-8087 Kyoto, Shimogyo Ward, Hinoshitacho, 31
Coordinates: 34.99855,135.76203

By now, it's already gotten dark. Night falls more quickly here, but I've also found and visited a bunch of other shrines on my way south.

Anyway, this one is a side shrine of Choukoji (長香寺 "Superior Smell Temple"), and it is watched over not only by a pair of life-sized stone foxes as well as a pair of tiny porcelain foxes, but also a pair of life-sized stone dogs on the outer gates. It's rare to see both dogs and foxes at the same shrine, but this is one of them.