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Kasama Shi

Kasama Inari Shrine

Inari Shrine is one of the three largest Inari Okami shrines in Japan, having been awarded the ancient court rank of Senior First Grade. According to legends associated with the shrine, it was founded in 651 during the reign of Emperor Kotoku, indicating a history extending over some thirteen centuries.
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  • Type: Shinto shrine
  • Description: Shinto shrine in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Kasama Inari-jinja”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kasama Nichidō Museum of Art and 笠間郵便局.

Museum
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opened in , , Japan, in 1972. It was established to celebrate the forty-fifth anniversary of the opening of the Galerie Nichidō, the first commercial art gallery in Japan specialising in yōga or Western-style painting. is situated 370 metres east of Kasama Inari Shrine.

Post office
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is a post office, which is situated 590 metres southwest of Kasama Inari Shrine.

Castle
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is a Japanese castle located in , central , . At the end of the Edo period, was home to a junior branch of Makino clan, daimyō of Kasama Domain, but castle and domain went through many changes in clans during the early Edo period. is situated 1¼ km east of Kasama Inari Shrine.

Kasama Inari Shrine

Latitude
36.38547° or 36° 23′ 8″ north
Longitude
140.25438° or 140° 15′ 16″ east
Open location code
8R8297P3+5Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 745550349
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Wiki­data ID
Q704876
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Spanish—“Kasama Inari Shrine” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Kasama Inari santutegia”
  • Chinese: “笠間稻荷神社”
  • Chinese: “笠间稻荷神社”
  • Dutch: “Kasama Inari Shrine”
  • Esperanto: “sanktejo Kasama Inari”
  • Esperanto: “Sanktejo Kasama Inari”
  • French: “Kasama Inari-jinja”
  • French: “Kasama-jinja”
  • Japanese: “かさまいなりじんじゃ”
  • Japanese: “笠間稲荷”
  • Japanese: “笠間稲荷神社”
  • Korean: “가사마 이나리 신사”
  • Spanish: “Santuario Kasama Inari”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 笠間稲荷神社 and 鷹匠町児童公園.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kasama Inari Shrine”. Photo: Dinakarr, CC BY-SA 3.0.