Kasama Inari Shrine, Kasama

Name: Kasama Inari Shrine
Address: 1 Kasama, Kasama, 309-1611, Japan
Telephone: +81 296-73-0001

#2 among attractions in Kasama

Top attraction, Sacred and religious sites, Temple

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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. ()

Local name: 笠間稲荷神社 Established: 651 (1373 years ago)Coordinates: 36°23'8"N, 140°15'14"E

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1 KasamaKasama 309-1611 Japan

Contact

+81 296-73-0001

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Kasama Inari Shrine – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kasama Nichidō Museum of Art, Kasama Castle.

~1440 ftSE
Museum, Art museum
Kasama Nichidō Museum of Art, Kasama
7 min walk • 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.
0.8 miE
Historic walking areas, Forts and castles
Kasama Castle, Kasama
20 min walk • 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.