Kyoto | Fushimi Inari Taisha is more than just Torii
⛩️ Fushimi Inari Taisha is a treasure of Kyoto, a mysterious place that combines history, religion, and natural beauty, with a thousand years of accumulation🦊🌟
The most famous feature of Fushimi Inari Taisha is the hundreds and thousands of Torii (bird ducks)! As far as the eye can see, this is the deepest impression Japan has given me.🦊🍁 These vermilion Torii are connected into a mysterious passage leading to the shrine at the top of the mountain. Countless Torii are arranged on the shady path, as if leading to another world, it is a dream background for photography enthusiasts!📸🌳 The light and shadow cast by the sun on the Torii are absolutely beautiful.
In addition to admiring and visiting the Torii, this is also a place of spirituality.
Fushimi Inari Taisha is mainly dedicated to the Inari Okami, with harvest, business prosperity, and protection as the center of faith.🌾 Visitors can worship and draw lots here, praying for good luck and smoothness in the coming year.🦊 It is said that, starting from the Edo period in Japan, people make wishes here. If their wishes come true, they will build a Torii here to thank the gods. Over time, it has formed the current scale.
Along the way, you will see tourists wearing Torii-shaped pendants and fox masks, which are very characteristic souvenirs!
In addition to the shrine itself, the natural scenery around Fushimi Inari Taisha is also breathtaking!🌿🏞️ At the top of the mountain, you can overlook the entire Kyoto city area, the distant mountains and rivers and the nearby bamboo forests, forming a beautiful picture. Especially in autumn, the red of the maple leaves and the vermilion of the Torii complement each other, it should be even more beautiful🍁🍂
If you want to climb the mountain, it's best to get up early, with fewer people, and it takes one to two hours to reach the top. I'm not a mountaineering enthusiast, so I won't join in the fun.
If you are just visiting and touring, you can walk along the road on the right to the intersection and turn back directly from the next road. In this way, you can take a picture of the whole shrine only with your feeling. Under the contrast of many Torii, there is a kind of illusion of time reversal and shuttle through a thousand years.
Recommend a special soldier route in Kyoto: finish Fushimi Inari in the morning, go to Kiyomizu Temple➡️Sannenzaka and Ninenzaka➡️Yasaka Shrine➡️Hanami Lane➡️Kamo River (these itineraries are arranged in one day, and you probably won't be able to get up the next day)
JR Inari Station is out of the station. The clear door is attracted to the comfortable color. The steps are inexhaustible. The countless bird houses are two or three hundred altitudes. It feels far-reaching. It is halfway back. It is not willing to climb to the highest point. The new road returns. If the foot is not enough, stop.
Remember 2019.11 Kansai late autumn trip~ Come to Kyoto, Fushimi Inari Dashe must come to worship, not only because of the spectacular thousands of birds, but also for the beautiful scenery of the mountains, pious prayer. The fox is the messenger of the god Inari, which is visible everywhere here, and is a symbol and representative of Fushimi Inari Dashe. There are many kinds of big shrines and Yushou. I really like them. There are many fox gods on them. The types of prayer are also varied, ringing bells, moving stones, etc. As long as there is a pious heart, the wishes can be realized. There are a lot of tourists who come here to pray for blessings, and thousands of birds are concentrated in a lot of people queuing to take pictures. Walking all the way to the mountain, it was getting wider and wider, the crowd was gradually away, and the scenery was getting more and more charming, but unfortunately it was cloudy that day. After climbing for a while, I read the road map and felt that it would take me2-3 hours to travel all over the mountain. Time was limited, so I climbed halfway down and started to go down, I think I will have a chance to come again next time. Although compared with the maple tour a few days ago, Fushimi Inari Dashe did not leave me any amazing red maple picture, but the rich and varied Dashe still makes my heart full of good feelings.
About a 1 hour walk to the top of the mountain/shrine.It was amazing. Early morning hike was great! We got there by 7 and barely anyone around.We had the place mostly to ourselves and a few locals. Really loved visiting this shrine. It is a good hike up to the top but you’ll go pass many small shrines, souvenir shops and even sake shops to just sit and enjoy .
interesting place that would make very nice Instagram pictures. quite an effort to climb to the top but the view is worth it.
One of the most visited regions of Kyoto. I recommend going at sunset when you can take beautiful photos of the street. Typical Japanese shops and a beautiful temple on the top of the hill.
Fushimi Inari Taisha is situated in 68 Fukakusa Yabunouchicho, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto, 612-0882, Japan.The seemingly endless path of vibrant orange Torii Gates that line the approach to Mt. Inari makes for an impressive setting and is one of the most iconic images of Japan. Many visitors go to Fushimi Inari Shrine to explore the mountain trails.The Fushimi Inari Taisha is open daily and 24hrs.