The biggest shrine in Tamatsukuri is Tamatsukuriyu Shrine, and within its grounds is a small Inari Shrine.
Guarded by a pair of fox statues, the fox being the messengers of Inari.
It is fairly common to find beheaded statues with missing heads replaced by a head-shaped rock. Ive seen that with jizo statues a lot but never before with a fox statue.
Behind the shrine shelves have been made is a small overhang in the rock and several lines of miniature fox statues have been left by worshipers/petitioners.
Thanks a lot for images and notes
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