Japan - Kyoto - Fushimi Inari Shrine
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The entrance to the Fushimi Inari Taisha temple is right across the train station. An acrobatic black fox statue greets the arriving visitors
Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto, Japan
The entrance to the Fushimi Inari Taisha temple is right across the train station. An acrobatic black fox statue greets the ariiving visitors
Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto, Japan
Torii gates mark the entrance to the Shinto shrine Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto, Japan
Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto, Japan
Three small shrines on the way to the Shinto shrine Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto, Japan
Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto, Japan
Entrance gate at the Shinto shrine Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto, Japan
Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto, Japan
Main hall at the Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto, Japan
Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto, Japan
Fushimi Inari Taisha (Fushimi Inari Shrine) enshrines five deities, collectively known as Inari-Okami. The principal deity, Ukanomitama-no-Okami, is enshrined along with Satahiko-no-Okami, Omiyanome-no-Okami, Tanaka-no-Okami and Shi-no-Okami.
Usually ema are small wood plaques shaped like or with pictures of animals. At Fushimi Inari they come in the form of torii gates. Worshippers write prayers or wishes on them and hang them at the shrine.
Torii gates at Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto, Japan
The Shinto shrine Fushimi Inari has more than 10,000 torii gates to walk through
Torii gates with lantern at the Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto
Torii gates - the other part of the picture
Enormous crowds, congested torii gates at Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto
Torii gates at Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto, Japan
The Shinto shrine Fushimi Inari has more than 10,000 torii gates to walk through
Torii gates at Fushimi Inari Shrine
Two parallel tracks with torii gates in the forest of Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto, Japan
Playful lion statue at Fushimi Kandakara-jinja Shrine
Fushimi Kandakara-jinja is a side-temple of the Fushimi Inari Shrine. It is set on the mountain Sasa-yama (Maru-yama by the old name), with the mountain Inari-yama rising in the background. It is dedicated to the deities Amaterasu O-Mikami and Inari-no-Okami, and to Ten Treasures (Tokusa Kandakara) given by the deities when they descended from the heavens. The shrine name was derived from the treasures (Kandakara). A Shinto ritual prayer given at the shrine asks the deities to care for the souls of the deceased and to restore life to those people who are wavering between life and death. Fushimi Kandakara fell into ruin after the Onin War in the 15th century, but was restored in 1957. It is a quiet shrine, nestled within the light green of the surrounding bamboo forest.
Bamboo Forest at the Fushimi Kandakara-jinja shrine, a sub-temple of the Fushimi Inari shrine in Kyoto, Japan
Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto, Japan
A group of small Shinto shrines in the forest at Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto, Japan
Torii gates at Fushimi Inari Shrine
Rumor has it there are more than 10,000 torii gates at the Shinto shrine Fushimi Inari in Kyoto, Japan
Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto, Japan
Intersecting torii gate tunnels in the forest at the Shinto Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto, Japan
Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto, Japan
Torii gate tunnel through the forest at the Shinto Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto, Japan
Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto, Japan
Torii gate tunnel through the forest at the Shinto Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto, Japan
Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto, Japan
Fox statue at the Shinto shrine Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto, Japan
Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto, Japan
Fox statue at the Shinto shrine Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto, Japan
Torii gates at Fushimi Inari Shrine
Young woman wearing a traditional kimono at the Shinto Shrine Fushimi Inari in Kyoto, Japan
Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto, Japan
Shinto priest at Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto, Japan