Shinto shrine
Taikodani Inari Jinja
太皷谷稲成神社（たいこだにいなりじんじゃ）
Tsuwano, Kanoashi District, Shimane Prefecture
An Inari shrine on a ridge of Taikodani in Tsuwano, Shimane Prefecture, distinctive for writing "Inari" with the characters 稲成. It enshrines Uka no Mitama no Kami (Inari Ōkami) and Izanami no Mikoto (Kumano Ōkami), and it is counted as one of the five great Inari shrines of Japan.
English pages are the site’s own translations of its Japanese pages. The sources cited are in Japanese. 日本語で読む
Prayers associated with this place
Enshrined kami: Uka no Mitama no Kami (Inari Ōkami), Izanami no Mikoto (Kumano Ōkami)
History and things to know
According to shrine tradition, it began in An'ei 2 (1773) when Kamei Norisada, lord of the Tsuwano domain, praying for the protection of the domain and the well-being of its people, ceremonially invited the kami from Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto to the ridge of Taikodani, which lies in the kimon ("demon gate") direction from Tsuwano Castle. Until the abolition of the domains it was the prayer place of the lord's family, and ordinary people were not permitted to worship there. A new shrine building was completed in Shōwa 44, and the old shrine building, as the Motomiya, enshrines a divided spirit of the kami.
Introduced by this site, based on materials from the shrine or temple and public bodies.
Related kami and buddhas
Before you visit
Besides the new shrine building, the old shrine building, the Motomiya, remains within the grounds.
Official website of the shrine or temple (may be in Japanese)
Sources (in Japanese)
- 太皷谷稲成神社「御祭神・御本尊・由緒の公式案内」（2026-10-21 確認）
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