Meaning & Story
Inari is the Japanese Shinto deity of rice, foxes, agriculture, and prosperity — one of the most important and widely worshipped Shinto kami. Inari is associated with white foxes as sacred messengers and the bright orange torii gates of Fushimi Inari shrine in Kyoto.
Inari carries the sacred beauty of a thousand torii gates and the mystery of white foxes gliding through mountain forests. As a pet name it is extraordinary — particularly for a white or orange-tipped pet who seems to embody something a little otherworldly. Cat owners who have felt their cat was always watching something invisible will understand immediately. Profound, beautiful, and deeply Japanese.