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 ...

In the dark of night, completely empty, we explore the gates of Kyoto's Fushimi inari Shrine. While its famously said to have 10,000 torii gates that wind up the mountain, the real number is north ...

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 ...