Haneda Airport, which now serves as Tokyo's gateway to the rest of the world, was once known as Haneda Yosejima or Ougigaura.
It was home to the Anamori-inari Shrine.

The shrine was founded in the Bunka-Bunsei Era (1804-1830) when the deity Inari was enshrined on an embankment near the southern end of the current B runway as a guardian deity for Haneda Kanamejima, which was suffering from flood damage at the time.

Since the Meiji era (1868-1912), the shrine has been a point of worship both in the neighbourhood and far abroad.
Yanagashima Island was called "the most scenic place in the East" and was developed into a central recreation area in the suburbs of Tokyo.
It featured a wide range of entertainment facilities, including a mineral spring town, a flower town, a beach, and a horse racing track, and was served by a pilgrimage train (now the Keikyu Airport Line).
It also hosted the “Tokyo Airport”, which later became known as the Haneda Airport.

After the war, the shrine's original location was used for the airport's construction, leaving only one remaining large torii gate as the airfield expanded. Subsequently, the shrine was relocated to the area of the old town and Ichigori-Sui.
With the generous support of numerous worshippers, the shrine's buildings, the Senbon-torii gate, and Inariyama were successively reconstructed.

Once renowned as one of Tokyo's foremost tourist destinations, Haneda has now evolved into Japan's largest airport.
Nevertheless, the Anamori-inari Shrine continues to be held in high esteem both domestically and internationally as the Inari-san shrine safeguarding Haneda.