Sapporo Fushimi Inari Jinja
Fushimi Inari Jinja
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In short
Begins in 1884 with a divided spirit brought from Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto, and holds its deity to be the progenitor of food, clothing and shelter, and guardian of harvests, industry and trade.
Quick facts
- Address
- 2-2-68 Fushimi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido
- Spiritual entities
- Inari (稲荷大神) · Ōkuninushi (大国主命)
About this place
Sapporo Fushimi Inari Jinja stands in Chuo-ku, Sapporo. Its deities are Ukanomitama, Oyamatsumi, Okuninushi, Kotoshironushi and Ame-no-Uzume. In 1884 a divided spirit of Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto was enshrined at Minami 5-jo in Sapporo, and in 1907 a hall was built on the present site and the shrine received permission to be founded as an Inari shrine. It was ranked a village shrine in 1919 and raised to a district shrine in 1941. The shrine holds its deity to be the progenitor of food, clothing and shelter, and the guardian of abundant harvests, the promotion of industry and prosperity in trade. The annual festival is 9 September, with the eve festival on 8 September.
Origin and history
In 1884 a divided spirit of Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto was enshrined at Minami 5-jo in Sapporo.
In 1907 a hall was built on the present site and the shrine received permission to be founded as an Inari shrine.
It was ranked a village shrine in 1919 and raised to a district shrine in 1941.
What it is locally associated with
A divided spirit from Kyoto
In 1884 a divided spirit of Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto was enshrined at Minami 5-jo in Sapporo.
documented historyProgenitor of food, clothing and shelter
The deity is held to be the progenitor of food, clothing and shelter, and the guardian of harvests, industry and trade.
documented historyThe hall came twenty-three years later
In 1907 a hall was built on the present site and the shrine received permission to be founded as an Inari shrine.
documented history
This shrine’s parent is on the same list. What was enshrined in 1884 was a divided spirit of Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto, and that shrine has its own page in the Kyoto region. A parent and a branch both present here is the second such pairing, after the Suitengu of Kurume and Tokyo.
Where the spirit was first enshrined is not where the shrine now stands. It was placed at Minami 5-jo, and the hall on this site came twenty-three years later, in 1907. The god arrived first and the building caught up. That order is common in Sapporo: Nishino Jinja began as a small shrine and did not build a hall until 1916, and Miyoshi Jinja moved from the Toyohira riverbank the year after its founding.
The benefits point at ordinary life. The deity is written as the progenitor of food, clothing and shelter, and the guardian of harvests, industry and trade — the origin of eating, dressing and being housed. It is close to the list Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto gives for itself: a god of abundant harvests, prosperity in trade, safety in the household and the granting of all wishes.
Its rank rose twice: village shrine in 1919, district shrine in 1941.
Claims and evidence levels 2
- A divided spirit of Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto was enshrined in Sapporo in 1884, and a hall was built on the present site in 1907. documented history
- The shrine holds its deity to be the progenitor of food, clothing and shelter and the guardian of harvests, industry and trade. documented history
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Sources
- 札幌伏見稲荷神社 — 北海道神社庁札幌支部 (accessed 2026-08-16)
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