2016年6月22日水曜日

Toyokawa Inari Temple

Toyokawa Inari Temple in Akasaka Mitsuke is Tokyo branch of Toyokawa Inari in Aichi prefecture.
Toyokawa Dakini Shinten, a guardian god is defied here. He rides on a white fox.

Usually Inari is shrine, but this Toyokawa Inari is temple.
They have guard foxes instead of guard dogs.

Also, they have many fox statues in the area.
Believers of Toyokawa Inari are feudal loads in the age of war period and it becomes popular among common people in Edo era.

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<The Nearest Station>

Akasaka Mitsuke station on Marunouchi Line / Ginza Line
(M13/G05/Tokyo Metro)

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