Inari Ōkami is the Shinto kami of rice, fertility, tea, sake, agriculture, and industry — and, by extension, of prosperity and worldly success. Inari is one of the most widely worshipped kami in Japan: there are more than 30,000 Inari shrines across the country, accounting for roughly a third of all Shinto shrines. Inari is famously associated with foxes (kitsune), who are considered the kami's messengers and often appear as pairs of white fox statues flanking Inari shrines. The fox is n
