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Fushimi Inari-taisha (Japanese: 伏見稲荷大社) is the head shrine of the kami Inari, located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.The shrine sits at the base of a mountain, also named Inari, which is 233 metres (764 ft) above sea level, and includes trails up the mountain to many smaller shrines which span 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) and take approximately 2 hours to walk up. [1]
The development of Inari shrines began in the ninth century when Inari was appointed the protector kami for the Toji temple at Kyoto by Kobo Daishi, the founder of Shingon Buddhism. Kobo Daishi's recognition of the deity played a large part in the advancement of Inari worship.
Toyokawa Dakini Shinten (豊川吒枳尼真天), the guardian deity of Toyokawa Inari. Dakiniten is a Japanese Buddhist deity who originated from the ḍākinī, a type of female spirit in Hinduism and Buddhism.
Shrine name Location Enshrined deity Northern Mariana Islands: Saipan Katori Jinja 彩帆香取神社) Garapan, Saipan: Futsunushi-no-kami (経津主神) Saipan Hachiman Jinja (彩帆八幡神社) Kagman, Saipan: Saipan-Kunitama-no-Ōkami (サイパン国魂大神), Hachiman-Ōkami (八幡大神), Isaizu-Ōkami (久伊豆大神)
Meiji Shrine; Namiyoke Inari Shrine; Nezu Shrine; Nogi Shrine; Oji Shrine; Ōmiya Hachiman Shrine; Shōin shrine; Suiten-gū; Three Palace Sanctuaries, Kokyo Imperial Palace; Tokyo Daijingu; Tsukudo Shrine Togo Shrine; Toyokawa Inari Tokyo Yasukuni Shrine; Yushima Tenmangū; Igusa Hachimangu Ōkunitama Shrine; Nitta Shrine (Ōta Ward)
Fushimi Sanpō Inari Shrine (伏見三寳稲荷神社, Fushimi Sanpō Inari Jinja) is a Shinto shrine in Shiba 3-chōme, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan established to worship Inari. [1] It is located on Mita Dōri next to the Nippon Life Insurance Akabane Bridge building, and across from the Saiseikai Central Hospital. Its roof is made from copper ...
The Takekoma Inari Shrine was established in 842 AD, reputedly by Ono no Takamura, the kokushi of Ōshū Province, [3] as a branch of the famous Fushimi Inari Shrine south of Kyoto. The shrine is mentioned by the Heian period poet Nōin during the reign of Emperor Go-Reizei (1045-1068) and during the Sengoku period was awarded an estate by ...
Tamatsukuri Inari Shrine (玉造稲荷神社, Tamatsukuri-Inari-jinja) is a shrine dedicated to the Shinto kami ('god') Inari. Its construction can be traced to 12 BCE, and Inari was enshrined there by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the 1580s to protect Osaka Castle .