Fushimi Inari Shrine
Landmark
A path up a hill in Kyoto, under thousands of bright red gates.
At the Fushimi Inari shrine in Kyoto a path climbs a wooded hill under thousands of red gates, standing so close together that they form a tunnel. Such a gate is called a torii.
The shrine was founded in the year 711 for Inari, the god of rice. Each gate is a gift, from a person or a company hoping for good fortune; the giver's name is written on the back.
- founded
- 711
- the hill is high
- 233 m
- of path under the gates
- 4 km
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Stone foxes sit all over the shrine. Foxes are the messengers of Inari.
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Many of the foxes hold a key in their mouth: the key to the rice store.
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The shrine never closes. You can walk the path in the middle of the night.
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