Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Fushimi Inari Shrine

Fushimi Inari Taisha ( Shrine) located in kyoto, Japan.  It is one of the most popular shrine among foreigners and the number of visitors is the largest in the last 2 years consecutively.
The shrine sits at the base of a mountain also named Inari which is 233 metres above sea level, and includes trails up the mountain to many smaller shrines which span 4 kilometers.


This photo below is the view of the street right after going through the exit of JR station, called "Inari".  This arch type structure, called "Torii", is a symbol of Shrine and it is a gateway from our normal world to the divine world of Shintoism.



Behind the main hall of this shrine, we will find thousands of Torii slog with the slope of the hill.
It is a sacred corridor  up to another hall.  Those Torii were donated by people who wish good luck on their everyday lives and futures.




Climbing up through Torii, we reach out the inner sanctuary. 




You will find red maple trees, if you are there in Autumn or the beginning of winter.
And another Torii  corridor is there up to the top of hill.