Wednesday, March 18, 2026

WOLF 2 ~ Inage Jinja

 

Japanese Name: 稲毛神社
Romanized Reading: Inage Jinja
English Translation: Rice Fur Shrine
Size: Big
Deity: Takemikazuchi
Wolf Count:
 2
First Visit:
 30-Jan-2019
Location: Kawasaki
Address:
 7-7 Miyamotocho, Kawasaki Ward, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 210-0004
Coordinates:
 35.53101,139.70462

After almost a year in Japan, I am now back in the Radiant Metropolis. Here, the circle closes, and the first shrine that I find is one attended by two fierce-looking wolves, the right of which is explicitly depicted as male.

The deity enshrined here is Takemikazuchi, the God of War, Thunder, Swords, Ice, Martial Arts and Earthquake-Control, who puts down Namazu, the giant catfish whose trashing causes earthquakes.

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