The moment you arrive, the massive entrance porticoes (rōmon ... Dedicated to the god of rice and trade, the Fushimi Inari Shrine unfolds beneath an endless archway of vibrant orange-red torii ...

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 ...