Matsue Castle Yamainari Jinja
📍 Shimane, Matsue · 477 Tono-cho, Matsue, Shimane
📿 Goshuin Info
Hours
9:00–17:00
Fee
—
Direct-write
Available
Pre-written
Available
About
Founded1920
EnshrinedEmperor Meiji, Empress Shoken
RankImperial Shrine (Kanpei Taisha)
FestivalNovember 3 (Annual Festival)
HeritageHonden (Registered Cultural Property)
Website www.meijijingu.or.jp/en/
History
Matsue Castle's mountain-side Inari shrine connects the white fox spirit to other sacred foxes. Business owners and farmers continuously petition for prosperity and harvest blessings. The white fox shares kinship with the local Inari foxes, witnessing generations of human devotion. This shrine embodies the sacred trust between foxes and humans, blessing commerce and agriculture in perpetual harmony.
Benefits
business prosperityharvest abundancefox blessing
