White Fox Shrine
White Fox Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto. White Fox Shrine is situated nearby to the Shinto shrine Rear Shrine, as well as near the shrine 神馬.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fushimi Inari-taisha and Inari Station.
Fushimi Inari-taisha
Fushimi Inari-taisha is the head shrine of the kami Inari, located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The shrine sits at the base of a mountain, also named Inari, which is 233 metres above sea level, and includes trails up the mountain to many smaller shrines which span 4 kilometres and take approximately 2 hours to walk up. Fushimi Inari-taisha is situated 490 metres east of White Fox Shrine.
Inari Station
Railway station
Inari Station is a railway station on the Nara Line in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company. The station number is JR-D03. It is the closest station to Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine. Inari Station is situated 310 metres west of White Fox Shrine.
Fushimi-Inari Station
Railway station
Photo: Saigen Jiro, CC0.
Fushimi-Inari Station is a railway station located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, on the Keihan Electric Railway Keihan Main Line. Fushimi-Inari Station is situated 470 metres west of White Fox Shrine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Kyoto and Central Kyoto.
South Kyoto
Photo: Grialte, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Southern Kyoto covers a large part of Japan's former capital, stretching from the Ōharano area in the west to Fushimi-ku, Daigo, and the southern tip of Higashiyama-ku in the east.
Central Kyoto
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Central Kyoto encompasses the urban heart of Japan's former imperial capital.
Minami
Suburb
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Minami is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Its name means "South Ward." It was established in 1955 when it was separated from Shimogyo-ku. Minami is situated 2½ km west of White Fox Shrine.
White Fox Shrine
- Type: Shinto shrine
- Categories: building, shrine, historic site, place of worship, historic building, and religion
- Location: Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.96739° or 34° 58′ 3″ northLongitude
135.77404° or 135° 46′ 27″ eastOpen location code
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amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
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historic=building
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In Other Languages
“White Fox Shrine” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “Byakkosha”
- Japanese: “びゃっこしゃ”
- Japanese: “白狐社”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rear Shrine and Tamayama Inari Shrine.
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