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Tōkyō-to, Meguro-ku, Tairamachi 1-16-10   

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櫻森稲荷神社

Sakuramori Inari Jinja 

東京都目黒区平町1-16-10

26 October, 2025

Nearest station:  Toritsu-daigaku Line: Toyoko  (TY06)

Enshrined Kami:  

Main

(Note: numbers in parentheses after kami names

refer to position in How Many Kami table)

Uka-no+mitama-Mikoto (75)    稲倉魂命


​Annual Festival:  October 22

Other than access and location, very little information is available on this shrine. What there is is about the two Koshin-to just inside the torii to the left. The only specific reference I have been able to find to these is from

https://nagatorowo2.hatenablog.com/entry/2024/01/20/111330

Another website features Koshin-to in Tokyo’s 23 wards but does not mention this one.

https://sayulist.com/koshinto/

Both these sites are in Japanese only.

Looking at the one to the left, the date the 25th day of the tenth month 1730 is inscribed on it. Its carving is attributed to Hyoe(兵衛) and seven others.It was erected on the fifth day of the statue itself is referred to as Honourable Countenance (Gosonyo, 御尊容) and there are ten carvings on its body, Sun and Moon Deities, Auspicious Clouds, Great Serpent, Trident, Arrow, Wheel of Treasure, Bow, One Evil Spirit, and the Standard Three Monkeys)

Looking at the Honourable Countenance to the right, the inscribed date is the seventh day of the seventh month, 1810. The following eighth day was the fourth day of the Gengshin cycle. The Honourable Countenance itself has  one face with palms together, six arms, and a horse-shaped base. It has eight carvings on its body, the same as the other statue, except for the Great Serpent .

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