- Sasuke Inari Shrine (佐助稲荷神社, Sasuke Inari Jinja) is a Shinto shrine in Kamakura and the site of the Hidden Village of Kamakura.
- Though not as “off the beaten path” as Sasuke Inari Shrine and Zeniarai Benten, Hase-dera is a lot less swamped with tour groups than the Great Buddha.
- The visitor to this out-of-the-way Sasuke Inari Shrine is first greeted by dozens of 'torii,' the red gateways to Shinto shrines with the horizontal crossbeams.
- When he was younger, Yoritomo used to be known by the honorific Suke-dono, and there is a theory that the shrine, Sasuke Inari, was named after him.
- Sasuke Inari Shrine (佐助稲荷神社) 2-22-12 Sasuke, Kamakura, Kanagawa Access: 20 min from Kamakura Station Official Website (en).
- The Sasuke Inari Shrine is the main shrine featured in the Elfen Lied series. According to tradition, the shrine was founded by Minamoto Yoritomo, who was the first...
- ...a messenger of the god, appeared to Yoritomo Minamoto in a dream, leading to his success in battle and thus, he had the shrine built to honor the god Inari.
- The Sasuke Inari Shrine is apparently located next to one of these hidden villages, so it’s fortuitous that we discovered it by accident!
- If you want to visit, it might be best to make sure you have a map to the Sasuke Inari Shrine, 佐助稲荷神社, beforehand.
- Sasuke-Inari shrine began a succession of shoguns, but not before its inhuman inhabitants trotted through sleeping minds.
