Sightseeing spot in Japan

What is Okiku-Inari-Jinja（於菊稲荷神社：おきくいなりじんじゃ）

Okiku-Inari-Jinja is a small Shinto shrine in Gunma prefecture,Japan.
There are many small torii(gate of the Shinto shrine) in Okiku-Inari-Jinja.
　
Okiku is the name of woman who lived in this place.
She was a miko(巫女：みこ：medium) of this Shinto shrine.

torii and koma-inu(stone-carved dog:guardian dog)

　
Inari-Jinja is Shinto shrine which sacred to "Uka-no-mitama god".
"Uka-no-mitama（うかのみたま）" is "god of rich harvest" or "god of foods".
Most famous Inari-Jinja is Fushimi-Inari-Taisya in Kyoto.
　
Uka-no-mitama's messanger is fox.
So trademark of Inari-Jinja is fox.

one of the Okiku-Inari-Jinja's gosyuin(御朱印：ごしゅいん：red ink stamp)
(Gosyuin is proof of visiting Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple.
The charge for gosyuin is varies from one Shinto shrine to another.)

　

Address

群馬県 高崎市 新町 ２４７
ぐんまけん　たかさきし　しんまち　２４７
Gunma-ken Takasaki-shi Shin-machi 247
(247,Shinmachi-town,Takasaki-city,Gunma-prefecture,Japan)
ＴＥＬ０２７４−４２−３３０３
　

How to get to Okiku-Inari-Jinja

10 minutes walk from the Shinmachi Station on the JR-Takasaki-Line（ＪＲ高崎線：じぇいあーるたかさきせん）
　(JR=Japan Railways)

　
　

Get off at the Shinmachi Station（新町駅：しんまちえき：Shinmachi-Eki）
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Go straight
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(Old Shinmachi Post Office：旧新町郵便局：きゅうしんまちゆうびんきょく：kyu-shinmachi-yubinkyoku)
Turn right
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(gazebo)
Turn left
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Go Straight this road
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　　(cultural asset)
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(Shinmachi Catholic Church)
This church and Okiku-Inari-Jinja adjoin.
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(signboard of Okiku-Inari-Jinja)

　

＜The other sightseeing spot in Japan＞

• Tsuki-Jinja Shinto shrine(Saimata prefecture)