Myōgon-ji was founded in 1441 and is better known nationwide as Toyokawa Inari.

Despite being called an Inari shrine and having a torii gate, Myōgon-ji is actually a Buddhist temple with no official Shinto association—a remnant of pre-Meiji religious syncretism.

The temple's guardian deity Dakiniten originated as a man-eating demoness in Hindu mythology before being converted to Buddhism by the wrathful form of Buddha Vairocana.

Over 1,000 stone fox statues dressed in red bibs cover the hillside at Reikozuka, creating one of Japan's most photographed religious sites that most of the 5 million annual visitors miss.