Hiroo Inari Shrine

What it is

• A Shinto shrine established in 1698.
• Dedicated to the deity Ukanomitama-no-mikoto.
• Originally the guardian shrine of Fujimi-goten villa.
• Its head shrine is Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto.

What to see

• Wooden Shinmei-zukuri style main shrine building.
• Main hall and heiden built in 1925.
• Three Koshin-to towers relocated in 1940.
• Wooden standing statue of an old man is the enshrined object.
• Dragon painted on the ceiling of the worship hall.
• Dragon painting is a Minato City cultural property.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.