Kyoto-fu Kyoto-shi - Fushimi Inari Taisha 京都府京都市 - 伏見稲荷大社
Fushimi Inari Taisha 伏見稲荷大社 is the HQ of 30,000+ Inari Jinja 稲荷神社. It is famous for its 10,000+ red Torii 鳥居 (Bird Place, a place for god to rest), no admission fee, and no closing hours. Very popular among overseas visitors. The Taisha 大社 uses fox as its mascot.
Translation of names :
Ema 絵馬
| Kimono 着物
| Torii 鳥居
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The nearest train stations are Inari station 稲荷駅 of JR Nara Line 奈良線 & Fushimi Inari station 伏見稲荷駅 of Keihan Electric Railway 京阪電鉄 Keihan Main Line 京阪本線.
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Front entrance
| Front entrance
| Front entrance
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Front entrance
| Torii in front of the main front building
| Main front building
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Sakura blossom
| Torii shape Ema (wooden board for writing down wishes)
| Torii shape Ema
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One of the buildings
| Start of the Torii tunnel
| Twin Torii tunnels
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The left one of the twin Torii tunnels. The pair of newly-weds in Kimono are not Japanese. They come from Hong Kong
| The right one of the twin Torii tunnels
| The other side of the twin Torii tunnels
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Another Torii tunnel. In fact, you can walk inside these tunnels to the top of the hill and back, which requires around 2 hours.
| Map of the Taisha
| Fox shape Ema
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Fox shape Ema
| Fox shape Ema
| Torii shape Ema waiting to be burnt
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Another Torii
| Regular shape Ema and bunches of Thousand paper cranes
| Bunches of Thousand paper cranes
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