Inari Jizo

Inari at Takayama Inari Shrine Aomori, by Keey
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I loved these statues which looked like dogs with napkins tied around their neck. I discovered they are actually foxes with bibs around their necks. They are Japanese deity statues and the bibs signify different purposes.

You may read about Jizo here and the bibs here. As for the fox,

The fox, symbolizing both benevolence and malevolence, is sometimes identified with the messenger of Inari, and statues of foxes are found in great numbers both inside and outside shrines dedicated to the rice god.

Encyclopedia Britannica