is a
Shinto shrine in Shiba 3-chōme,
Minato-ku,
Tokyo
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,
Japan established to worship
Inari
Inari may refer to:
Shinto
* Inari Ōkami, a Shinto spirit
** Mount Inari in Japan, site of Fushimi Inari-taisha, the main Shinto shrine to Inari
** Inari Shrine, shrines to the Shinto god Inari
* Inari-zushi, a type of sushi
Places
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. It is located on
Mita Dōri
is a four lane avenue which forms the border between Mita 2-chōme and Shiba 5-chōme in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Formerly occupied by a shopping center, a large number of office buildings and condominiums are now found there. Tokyo Tower is a nor ...
next to the
Nippon Life Insurance
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Ov ...
Akabane Bridge building, and across from the Saiseikai Central Hospital. Its roof is made from copper, and the shrine is constructed from concrete.
The land on which the shrine is built was called Shiba Shin'ami-chō during the
Edo period
The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characte ...
on land formerly owned by the
Arima clan
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