The Torii of Fushimi Inari Taisha

Countless torii gates and a magnificent ambience

By Andre Moreira

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Foxes (kitsune) are regarded as messengers, and often found at Inari Shrines

The vivid red of the Torii Gate is so beautiful!

A red Torii under a blue sky. Can it get more perfect than this?

One of the foxes guarding the shrine at the entrance

If I remember well, this path didn't lead to the exit, and I had to go all the way back!

At the top of the mountain there was this very very beautiful treasure waiting

Located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Fushimi Inari Taisha is the head shrine of Inari, the Japanese God of Foxes.

The shrine sits at the base of 233-meter-tall Mt. Inari and is the starting point of a 4-kilometer trail which leads up the mountain to many smaller shrines.

One of the aspects that attract large numbers of visitors, and for which this shrine is particularly famous, is the huge number of torii gates it has, each one donated by a Japanese business, as Inari is also the God of Prosperity.

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Yui Yamaguchi 10 years ago

It was 4 km trail?! It's tiring to walk up because of not only distance but also the slope, but you'd feel achievement at the end!

Andre Moreira Photographer 10 years ago

Yes! I didn't know either, only after searching about it! It felt indeed much more than 4 km! But it was a beautiful path, I really loved it and would definitely go again! (^-^)

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