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Kasama Inari Taisha Branch Shrine

笠間稲荷大社分祠

Kasama Inari Taisha Bunshi

Kanagawa

A branch shrine of Kasama Inari Taisha, one of Japan's three great Inari shrines located in Ibaraki Prefecture. This Kanagawa branch maintains the same spiritual focus on agricultural prosperity, business success, and household protection through the worship of the rice deity Ukanomitama-no-Okami.

Denomination
Inari
Religion
shinto
Enshrined kami
Ukanomitama-no-Okami
Kami enshrined
Ukanomitama-no-Okami
Coordinates
35.4662299, 139.3191772

Visitor tip

Look for the distinctive fox statues and consider bringing rice or sake as traditional offerings to the Inari deity.

Cultural notes

As an Inari shrine, it features the characteristic red torii gates and fox statues (kitsune) that serve as messengers of the rice deity. Worshippers often pray for good harvests, business prosperity, and family welfare.

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