543 ~ Touato Inarisha

 

Japanese Name: 塔跡稲荷社
Romanized Reading: Touato Inarisha
English Translation: Tower Ruins Inari Shrine
Size: Tiny Side Shrine of Gangouji Fudoudou
Deity: Inari
Fox Count: 8
First Visit: 8-Jan-2019
Location: Nara
Address: 1 Shibatsukinukecho, Nara-shi, Nara-ken 630-8385
Coordinates: 34.67675,135.83160

A tiny side shrine of Gangouji Fudoudou (元興寺不動堂 "Original Pleasure Temple Original Hall"), which is located in a hidden forested courtyard of sorts, that must be accessed through a gate to the west.

This one features ten tiny porcelain foxes, as well as a single lonely life sized stone fox, who is modeled as explicitly male. Since he doesn't have a counterpart, however, this one does not increase the vixen side count.