Admission
Free
Toshima, Tokyo Prefecture
At a Glance
Just steps from Mejiro Station yet tucked in a quiet residential area, the shrine sits where natural spring water once flowed down Toyosaka slope in old Edo times.
Originally called Konohana Sakuya Hime Inari when housed inside Gakushuin school, this shrine moved to its current Toyosaka location in 1908 when the school relocated from Yotsuya.
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Pair your visit with Ichigishi Shrine, which sits immediately next door, to create a two-shrine loop that takes about 20 minutes total. Most visitors miss this combination entirely, but locals treat them as a matched pair worth honoring together.
Plan to visit in early February or March for the Hatsu-Uma festival, or in July for the Sengen festival, when the shrine draws modest crowds and you can see how locals actually use the space rather than just passing through.
Bring a notebook or small sketchbook if you want to collect a goshuin (shrine stamp), as this modest shrine may not always have staff present during off-peak hours.
Go on a weekday morning for near-total solitude. The shrine is steps from Mejiro Station, but it sits in a quiet residential pocket, so you can see the stern fox statues without other visitors.
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Just steps from Mejiro Station yet tucked in a quiet residential area, the shrine sits where natural spring water once flowed down Toyosaka slope in old Edo times.
Originally called Konohana Sakuya Hime Inari when housed inside Gakushuin school, this shrine moved to its current Toyosaka location in 1908 when the school relocated from Yotsuya.
The shrine was managed by a person named Hachibeé for years, earning it the alternate name Hachibeé Inari before adopting its current name from the steep Toyosaka slope it overlooks.
The fox statues here have an unusually stern, warrior-like intensity compared to typical graceful inari foxes, possibly reflecting the turbulent Bakumatsu era when Gakushuin was founded.
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