Hoi

Hoi lies in the plain of eastern Mikawa, near the lower Toyokawa River. The Buddhist temple Myōgonji, founded in 1441, became widely known as Toyokawa Inari for the deity enshrined there. Warriors including Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu revered the temple. In the Edo period its reputation spread among common people seeking prosperity and safety for their households, drawing worshippers from many parts of Japan.