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2007/8/27

於菊稲荷神社 Okiku-inari-jinja Okiku Inari Shrine

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Okiku Inari Shrine in Shinmachi, Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture is a shrine with legends associated with a fox. In the battle of Kannagawa in 1582, the Hojo clan won a victory after a white fox appeared, which they appreciated and founded an Inari shrine at this place.

Another legend has it that, during the Horeki era (1751-1763), a girl named Okiku was working in Daikoku-ya, an inn in Ochiai-shinmachi-juku post town. She was a very beautiful and amiable girl but fell ill and was confined to her bed in a small hut behind the shrine for three years. One night, the spirit of Inari stood at the head of her bed. After this, Okiku got over form her illness by a miracle, which she appreciated and devoted herself to the service of the shrine. Thereby people began to call the shrine Okiku Inari.

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address
247 Shinmachi, Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture 370-1301
name
Okiku Inari Shrine
phone
0274-42-3303
hp
http://www6.ocn.ne.jp/~okiku/




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