Admission
Free
Roppongi, Tokyo Prefecture
At a Glance
The temple's entrance features a massive 4.5-meter wooden door carved from a single slab, guarded by fierce Buddhist Nio figures that greet visitors before they encounter the thousand red-bibbed fox statues inside.
A famed Edo-period magistrate named Ooka Echizen enshrined this temple's deity in his own home before it moved to Akasaka in 1887, making it one of Japan's rare temples born from a samurai's private devotion.
This temple offers 1 different goshuin designs
Regular
Free
Within 300 m Within 600 m
C3-12.赤坂センタービルディング前（青山通り）
docomo bike share
C3-02.赤坂地区総合支所
docomo bike share
C3-16.赤坂ガーデンシティ
docomo bike share
Renting needs the operator's app and a Japanese phone number. docomo day passes are sold at convenience stores. Data sources
Facilities
Get your goshuin (temple stamp) between 10am and 3pm if you want it handwritten by a monk; outside those hours only pre-printed versions are available. Plan your visit timing accordingly if collecting handwritten stamps is important to you.
Expect the temple to be busier on weekends and during lunch hours, but it opens at 6am on all days including holidays. Arriving before 8am gives you a quieter experience with the fox statues and votive offerings without the crowds of singers and TV personalities who visit for entertainment industry blessings.
Visit the Yuzu Inari Sonten shrine and pick up a 10-yen coin said to bring financial luck when kept in your wallet. If your wish comes true, return the following year with the coin plus added interest as a token of gratitude, which is a meaningful local tradition.
Bring cash if you want to make offerings or purchase items like the lucky 10-yen coins and votive flags, as some smaller shrines and vendors on the grounds may not accept cards.
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The temple's entrance features a massive 4.5-meter wooden door carved from a single slab, guarded by fierce Buddhist Nio figures that greet visitors before they encounter the thousand red-bibbed fox statues inside.
A famed Edo-period magistrate named Ooka Echizen enshrined this temple's deity in his own home before it moved to Akasaka in 1887, making it one of Japan's rare temples born from a samurai's private devotion.
During Japan's Meiji era persecution of Buddhism, this temple survived by claiming its main deity was Buddhist (Dakini-Shinten) rather than Shinto, a clever religious strategy that allowed it to thrive.
At the Yuzu Inari shrine here, visitors receive a 10-yen coin believed to bring financial luck; the tradition is to return a year later with added interest as gratitude if the wish comes true.
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