王子の茶屋は王子稲荷の参道にあった。王子稲荷は関八州の稲荷の総司(そうじ)で稲荷大明神を祀る。大晦日には関東中の狐が集まる。狐は近くの装束稲荷で女官の装束に改めて参拝するとの伝説がある。江戸期や明治期には上野の山から道灌山、飛鳥山とトレッキングして、王子稲荷に参拝し、扇屋などの料亭や茶屋で一杯やるのが流行ったそうだ。The teahouses of Oji were located along the approach to Oji Inari Shrine. Oji Inari is the head Inari shrine in the eight provinces of the Kanto region and enshrines the Inari Daimyojin deity. It is said that foxes from all over Kanto gather here on New Year's Eve and that they are transformed into court ladies at nearby Shozoku Inari and then visit this shrine. During the Edo and Meiji Periods, it was popular to go hiking from the Ueno hills to the Mt. Dokan and Mt. Asuka. Climbers stopped to enjoy a drink of sake at the restaurants and teahouses