Kasama Inari Shrine
Kasama 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.Photo: Dinakarr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- 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 Kasama Post Office.
Kasama Nichidō Museum of Art
Museum
Kasama Nichidō Museum of Art opened in Kasama, Ibaraki Prefecture, 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. Kasama Nichidō Museum of Art is situated 370 metres east of Kasama Inari Shrine.
Kasama Post Office
Post office
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kasama Post Office is situated 590 metres southwest of Kasama Inari Shrine.
Kasama Castle
Castle
Photo: Monado, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Kasama Castle is a Japanese castle located in Kasama, central Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Kasama Castle 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. Kasama Castle is situated 1¼ km east of Kasama Inari Shrine.
Kasama Inari Shrine
- Categories: Inari shrine, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Kasama Shi, Ibaraki, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.38547° or 36° 23′ 8″ northLongitude
140.25438° or 140° 15′ 16″ eastOpen location code
8R8297P3+5QOpenStreetMap ID
node 745550349OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata 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”
- “Q704876”
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