An Inari shrine in Okubo, Shinjuku Ward, a deity of business prosperity that has protected Okubo's farming villages and commercial district since the Edo period.
The principal deity is Uka no Mitama no Okami, venerated by Okubo merchants for blessings of abundant harvests, thriving business, and household safety.
Okubo was once a samurai town with the shogunate's rifle unit barracks, and the Inari…
Okubo Inari Shrine is said to have been founded around 1650 (Kaan 3, Edo period). At that time, the Okubo area served as samurai residential quarters for the Tokugawa shogunate's rifle unit, the Hyakunin-gumi, while farming villages coexisted in the surrounding district. Inari faith spread widely am…
Flourishing trade, new-shop openings, successful deals. A central prayer at Inari and Ebisu shrines.
Derived from the enshrined deity "宇迦之御魂大神"
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