Perched on a wooded hillside in southern Kyoto, Fushimi Inari is a 1,300-year-old temple dedicated to Inari, the Shinto deity of rice and sake (Japanese rice wine). The shrine complex dates back ...

Dedicated to the god of rice and trade, the Fushimi Inari Shrine unfolds beneath an endless archway of vibrant orange-red torii gates, each one donated by businesses and individuals over ...

Fushimi Inari Taisha is famous for the vermillion shrine gates that line mountain paths. As the head Inari shrine, it has 30,000 subordinate shrines throughout Japan. Since its foundation in 711 ...

Fushimi dolls became popular as souvenirs in areas around Fushimi Inari Taisha shrine in the Edo Period (1603-1867). To make a Fushimi doll, clay is pressed into the clay mold before it is dried ...