 There are an estimated 20 Shinto wolf shrines on Honshu alone.The most famous national shrine is located at Mitsumine in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture and there are a number of smaller wolf shrines on the Kii Peninsula, including the Tamaki Shrine and the Katakati Shrine at Totsukawa village.In Japanese folklore, there is the widely recorded belief of the "okuriōkami" ("escort wolf") that followed someone walking alone through a forest at night until they reach their home without doing them any harm.