Do you happen to visit a lot of shrines? And often spend time plotting your route and figured, I’m going to this location, there is a shrine nearby, I’ll make sure to visit it.
Will sometimes it’s best to do the additional resource because if you been to middle-sized to large-size shrines in Japan, you would think the word shrine is reserved for something typically bigger.
But there are also small-size shrines and you’ll often come across one that is super small.
In west side Ikebukuro next to the mid-size Ikebukuromitake Shrine is the very small Inari Shrine. Right next to a coin laundromat.
With vermilion colored tori, fencing and shrine box, you will also find a placement for flowers to and a small chozuya (water-filled basin).
Considering its small location, it has nice fencing all around, so it is taken care of. I wish I had more information on this shrine, but information is quite sparse. In the case of Inari Shrine, for me, the fact that it’s across the street from Ikebukuromitake Shrine, made it easy for me to decide to visit it because it’s a nearby walk.
But part of the purpose of this blog is to show that because it shows that a shrine is nearby on Google Maps, please don’t think that shrines are all going to be big and lavish. Also, please don’t just walk to it. Make sure you can see photos via Google Maps and see if. it’s worth your time.
