Shusse Inari Shrine (Kasuga Inari Shrine)

📍 Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku · 1-33-17 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku

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Founded 寛永7年（1630年）

Enshrined 倉稲魂命

Rank 無格社

Festival 5月5日（例祭）

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Hours

9:00–17:00

Fee

¥500

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Available

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Available

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History

Shusseinari Shrine in Bunkyo's Hongo was founded in 1630, when a retainer of Kasuga-no-Tsubone witnessed an elderly white-haired man claiming this land would prosper — believed to be the Inari deity in disguise. The shrine takes its name shusseinari (career-advancement Inari) from Kasuga-no-Tsubone herself, who rose from a ronin's wife to ruler of the Great Interior (O-oku). After a fire in 1717, a new divine image carved from a cedar of Kyoto's Inari Mountain was enshrined. Today visitors come to pray for career success and good fortune.