Fushimi Inari Shrine - part 1 (伏見稲荷)

A former coworker and good friend, Nikkii, has been revisiting Japan. I met up with her and another friend and former coworker, Nanako, at a famous shrine near Kyoto.

Fushimi Inari Taisha (伏見稲荷大社) is the head shrine of Inari, located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan. In 711, by order of the Emperor, three kami were placed in the now-sacred area of the shrine, Mount Inari.The shrine sits at the base of a mountain also named Inari, and includes trails up the mountain to many smaller shrines. Traditionally, merchants worship Inari for wealth. There are thousands of torii, donated by businesses, line the footpaths and are part of the scenic view. Foxes (狐), are regarded as the messengers, and are often found in Inari shrines. The shrine draws several million worshippers over the Japanese New Year, 2.69 million for 3 days in 2006 reported by the police, the most in western Japan.

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[Hikosaemon]

I'm sure that the gyoji in the shrine have come up with some way of explaining that uou can have a super fantastic relationship if you put in ichimanensatsutogoen.

eace

[kansaiPJ]

LOL!

[snoxXxdrops]

I was there this summer...

man was it DEATH @_____@

[kansaiPJ]

Cuz of the heat?

[MutingSociety]

That was great PJ, really enjoyed that, I actually have been curious about this particular shrine for a while, i look forward to the future parts :)

[kansaiPJ]

Thanks. Just put up part 2. Check it out!

[snoxXxdrops]

Yeah that....and the fact that my friends and I went down the wrong side and had to climb it again to find our teacher...so essentially we had to climb it twice (running the second time) in the valley of 蒸し暑い evil which is Kyoto...

other than that the view from the top is gorgeous~ :)

[mafurock33]

great job!

[greenday041605]

thanks. :)

[coconutpanda]

Great vid, very informative. I wanted to go to this shrine when I was in Japan this past spring but didn't make it there. Will make a point to get there when I'm in Japan again in a couple of weeks. Looking forward to Part 2.

[IOeigo]

Sounds good! Look forward to seeing it! :)

Right now I'm in packing and final test mode at my language school. I'm going to be heading home on Friday. These last three months have definitely been the time of my life, but I definitely need to refresh a bit....then return!

How about yourself? げんき？