A few minutes' walk from Odawara station, Dainari-jinja is a large, atmospheric shrine, surrounded by trees and notable for its profusion of komainu (guardian lions, dogs and wolves). There's also an interesting row of miniature shrines, like little dolls' houses, complete with miniature komainu, and some attractive carvings by the halls and under their eaves.
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Dainari-jinja
Count the dogs at this atmospheric Odawara shrine
By Peter Sidell
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Elena Lisina
5 years ago
Some of them look like kitsune.
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