GOD ROAD JAPAN

Kasama Inari Shrine

笠間稲荷神社  ·  Shinto shrine

Ibaraki Prefecture's official tourism guide records that the shrine was first established in 651, and that it enshrines Ukanomitama-no-Mikoto.

The worship hall of Kasama Inari Shrine, painted red with a grey curved roof, seen from the front across a wide stone-paved courtyard, with a pine tree on the left.
Σ64  ·  Wikimedia Commons  ·  CC BY 3.0Resized and compressed for web display. Not cropped.

Ibaraki Prefecture's Board of Education records the shrine's main hall as a nationally designated Important Cultural Property of the Edo period.

Hours

The times below are the ones Ibaraki Prefecture's official tourism guide publishes.

Shrine grounds6:00–sunset (varies by season)Ibaraki Prefecture official tourism guide (IBARAKI GUIDE) — Kasama Inari Shrine (English)

Admission

We have not confirmed a charge from this shrine's own pages. We have no page published by the shrine itself to link to, so check on the day. The sources used for this page are listed below.

Getting there

  • About 20 minutes on foot from Kasama Station on the JR Mito Line

Address: 1 Kasama, Kasama City

Ibaraki Prefecture official tourism guide (IBARAKI GUIDE) — Kasama Inari Shrine (English)

Sources

History and background, Shrine grounds, Getting thereIbaraki Prefecture official tourism guide (IBARAKI GUIDE) — Kasama Inari Shrine (English)
What you can seeIbaraki Prefectural Board of Education — Kasama Inari Shrine main hall (Important Cultural Property)

Information checked: September 15, 2026.