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Tag Archives: Fushimi Inari

Red Torii Gates at Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto, Japan

Picture: Ten Thousands of Red Torii Gates at Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto, Kansai, Honshu, Japan Yesterday I was reading about hurricanes and tropical cyclones with category 5, like Katrina that destroyed New Orleans or Yasi that recently hit Queensland, Australia. To my surprise the typhoon Melor that hit Japan and Tokyo on October 8, 2009,...

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Ten Thousands of Red Gates (Torii) are in Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto, Japan

Fushimi Inari Taisha is a shinto jinja (shrine) dedicated to the spirit Inari, located in Fushimi-ku in about 2km south-east of Kyoto station, Japan. Fushimi Inari Taisha is without doubt the largest and most impressive Inari shrine in Japan. Fushimi Inari Taisha is also famous for appearing in the film Memoirs of a Geisha. Fushimi...

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