Thursday, May 4, 2017

whatever you are seeking...

Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.  ~Haruki Murakami in "Kafka on the Shore"

Toyokawa Inari (豊川稲荷)

Toyokawa Inari (豊川稲荷) is the popular name for a Buddhist temple of the Sōtō sect located in the city of Toyokawa in eastern Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The temple's true name is 妙厳寺 (Myōgon-ji), or full name is Enpukuzan 
Toyokawa-kaku, Myōgon-ji (円福山 豊川閣 妙厳寺).  
It venerates a Shinto deity, the fox god, or Inari

photo: (c) bruce behnke 2017