Inari Ōkami is the Japanese god of rice and agriculture and one of the principal gods of Shinto, the ethnic religion of Japan. It is believed that Inari Ōkami makes rice grow for those favored and can take the form of a fox or send fox-shaped spirits to do its bidding. Inari Okami is worshipped in over one-third of Japanese temples, which always contain fox statues and the color red as symbols of respect and good fortune.