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The head office of Kasama Inari Shrine is located in Kasama City, Ibaraki Prefecture.

It is also known as "Whalnut Shimo Inari" and "Monzaburo Inari".

The walnut Shimo Inari will be explained in the later section, "Goshuin Book".

What is Saburo Inari?

In the middle of the Edo period, a family of the 13th generation of the Kasama clan, feudal lord Inoue Kawachi Morimasa, was named "Mon Saburo".

In the center of the Tone River basin, he gained fame as "Onari's Gate Saburo" because he applied merit to many people and spread his religion.

One day, the "mon" changed to "mon" and came to be called "mon Saburo Inari".

Many worshiper come from all over Japan as the god of fertility and prosperity of business.

There are various theories, but together with Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto City and Toyokawainari in Toyokawa City, it is said to be "Japan's Three Great Inari".

According to the company biography, it was founded in 651, the 36th Emperor Kotoku, the 2nd year of Shiraki (651).

After the star frost, the shrine was expanded by Emperor Sakuramachi's Miyo, and in 1743, Kasama castle owner and Morimasa Inoue Kawachi, who were mentioned earlier.

In 1747, when Sadamichi Makino became castle owner, it was designated as a prayer place according to precedents, and precincts and festivities were donated.

Since then, he has received the reverence of successive feudal lord.

The main hall was rebuilt in the late Edo period during the Ansei Manen period (1854-1860).

It is a Gongen-zukuri made of copper tile roofing zelkova and was designated as a national important cultural property in 1988.

The sculptures around main hall are extremely elaborate, such as Goto Seinosuke's work, "The Dragon of Three-headed Happearings," "Peony Tang Lion," Mirokuji Otohachi and Moronuki Mangoro's "Lantei Umizu."

[Excerpt from Kasama Inari Shrine website]

Kasama Inari Shrine Tokyo Betsusha was the residence of former Kasama feudal lord Makino.

About 300 years ago, in 1681, Narisada Makino worshiped as a Shimoyashiki from the 5th Shogun Tsunayoshi. It was 21,269 tsubo (approximately 70,000 m2) wide.

The house had a vast mansion, garden, and Izumi Pond, and artificial hill worshiped Inari, Sanno and Yahata.

When Sadamichi Makino sealed Kasama in 1747, he made his head office walnut Shimo Inari Shrine a prayer place.

Sadanao Makino also revered the head office, and in 1859, worshiped the spirits at the current location in Edo Shimoyashiki, and committed the reverence.

It is said that on the first day of Hatsuuma, the townspeople in the Nihonbashi area opened their doors and allowed them to worship.

After the abolition of the clan, Makino's residence was relocated to Honjo Midoricho, and in 1888, Kasama's headquarters was enshrined at the request of the Makino family.

In September 1923, the shrine hall was destroyed by the Great Kanto Earthquake and was rebuilt immediately.

The main hall and the temporary shrine office were completed in December 1945, with the help of the head office, and worship hall was rebuilt in September 1953, thanks to theshrine hall's efforts.

Focusing on Nihonbashi, Mon Saburo Inari attracts a strong religion, and also measures the convenience of worship for worshipers at Kasama Inari Shrine in the Keihin district.

As I mentioned in the previous article 8 "Chanogi Shrine" in this series, it is now one of the shrines that visit Nihonbashi Seven Lucky Gods as a shrine dedicated to the elderly.

[This is also excerpt from Kasama Inari Shrine website]

1,500 yen each (including vermilion seal stamp fees)

About four years ago, there was also a red stamp book designed by singer Nanase Aikawa.

It was sold together with Kasama Inari Shrine headquarters in Ibaraki.

The reason was that Mr. Aikawa has been a tourism ambassador for Kashima City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Ambassador Kashima.

My husband was from Ibaraki, and it seems that he had a connection with Kashima-jingu Shrine and Kasama Inari Shrine from there.

Mr. Aikawa, originally had a standing position like the original "Shrine Girl".

It is said that it was also published here at Tokyo Betsusha, but it is now discontinued.

So I can't introduce images here, but it seems that images are introduced on the Internet.

On the indigo land, cute golden, white two-tone foxes and red torii gates are drawn on the front, and white walnuts are drawn on the back.

Foxes are the angels of grain gods who exterminate rats, the pest of rice cultivation.

The head office of Kasama Inari Shrine was built under a walnut tree.

That's why it is also called "I want to walnuts".

So is it the design of the walnut?

Each is a charm with a different floral pattern.

It is engraved with a golden old man.

The word "happy" is also a very stylish amulet.

There is "Nino Torii" in the back.

There are three torii gates along with the torii gate on the front.

This time again, as in the previous time, a little classical rakugo.

"Mon Saburo Inari,"

Kasama clan clansman and Hirama Yamazaki became Edo's turn.

However, he fell asleep due to a cold and left for Edo three days late.

Wear a fox skin torso clothes (fox coat) to avoid the cold.

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He crosses the handover of Toride, negotiates with Kagoya, and says that he will pay an integrated sentence (1000 sentences) to say that he will undertake to Matsudo for 800 sentences.

The palanquin shops say, "Is it okay, a fox?"

He heard that the fox's torso clothes were fortunate and mischief, saying, "I'm a kin of Kasama Mon Saburo Inari (Kenzoku: valet)" and eat Inarizushi at the teahouse.

We arrive at Honjin (shukuya) in Matsudo-juku, and pay a consistent sentence to the palanquin shop as promised.

The palanquin shop talks about the fox to the innkeeper.

I received a lot of hospitality from the inn, and a twist was thrown from the next room.

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I'm going to get out of the backyard the next morning.

Then two foxes came out of the Inari shrine (small shrine) in the backyard, and looked at the back of Hirama.

"Hey, human beings are frustrated,"

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2-11-6, Nihonbashihamacho

Exit the Hisamatsu Police Station / Meijiza side (not the Ningyocho intersection side) at Exit A4 of Ningyocho Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line / Toei Asakusa Line and go to the right.

About 270m on Koza-dori, cross the traffic light in front of Hisamatsu Police Station, and immediately.

About a 5-minute walk from the station.

It's across the name of Hisamatsu Police Station on Koza Street.