Tanuki 2 ~ Chounai Anzen

 

Japanese Name: 町内安全
Romanized Reading: Chounai Anzen
English Translation: Neighborhood Safety
Size: Tiny Side Shrine of Fukuuin
Deity: ?
Tanuki Count: 3
First Visit: 8-Jan-2019
Location: Nara
Address: 1365 Takabatakechō, Nara, 630-8301
Coordinates: 34.67661,135.84660

This is only the second Tanuki shrine that I come across, after Fukujushin in Tokyo. This is a humble side shrine to Fukuuin (不空院 "Negative Sky Temple"), or maybe two, but I'm counting it as one. Anyone, a pair of life-sized stone Tanuki statues flank it, and small porcelain Tanuki stands in the middle.