Fujinomori Inari Jinja

Fujinomori Inari Jinja is a Shinto shrine in Bunkyo, Tokyo. Fujinomori Inari Jinja is situated nearby to the playground 台町第2児童遊園, as well as near the Buddhist temple Hoshinji.

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Type: Shinto shrine
Description: Shinto shrine in Tokyo, Japan
Also known as: “Fujinomori Inari Shrine” and “Fujinomori Inari-jinja”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Red Gate and Hoshinji.

Red Gate

Photo: XIIIfromTOKYO, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Akamon is a historical gate located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. One of two remaining gates of the Edo period daimyō mansions in the city. It was constructed in 1827 in the late Edo period in the residence of the Maeda clan in Edo. Red Gate is situated 150 metres east of Fujinomori Inari Jinja.

Hoshinji

Buddhist temple

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Hoshinji is a Buddhist temple.

University of Tokyo General Library

Library

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University of Tokyo General Library is situated 220 metres northeast of Fujinomori Inari Jinja.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hongō and Yayoi.

Hongō

Quarter

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Hongō is a district of Tokyo located in Bunkyō, due north of the Tokyo Imperial Palace and west of Ueno.

Yayoi

Quarter

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Yayoi is a neighbourhood in Bunkyo, Tokyo. In 1884, when it was part of Tokyo City, it was the location of a shell mound where a new type of pottery was discovered by Shogoro Tsuboi and his colleagues.