Fushimi Inari Shrine

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‘Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine’

Vermilion gates in the Japanese tori style mark the entrance to this shrine which is built on the bottom of a hill. Stone foxes stand guard on either side of the large formal gates and of the main shrine, which is decorated grandly in bright red – which makes sense when you remember that this shrine is to the Inari kami, the gods who look after rice, sake and business. Built in the eighth century, this is Japan’s main Inari shrine, there are some 30,000 others, and so the best place to pray for and give thanks for good fortune in business – which can be done by donating another tori gate to the thousands which are lined up along a walkway heading up Inarisan, the hill behind the main shrine.

You can get to the shrine from Inari Station on the Nara Line or from Kyoto’s Keihan line where you need to get off at Fushimi-Inari Station.

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