After passing through dozens of torii gates decorated with red banners and climbing a flight of stairs, you’ll arrive at the Shaden, the main building at the shrine. According to shrine lore, while shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147–1199) was exiled in Izu, he had a dream in which an old man who called himself an “Inari of the Hidden Village of Kamakura” urged him to raise an army; he would later give the man the nickname “Sasuke Inari” (“Helper Inari”) and enshrine him as a token of gratitude.