As far as Shinto shrines go (there are about 400 in Kyoto), this one is pretty special. Perched on a wooded hillside in southern Kyoto, Fushimi Inari is a 1,300-year-old temple dedicated to Inari ...

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 ...

Experts say the stone wall at the ruins of Fushimi Castle in Kyoto’s Fushimi Ward was built in consideration of its appearance and quake-resistance strength. Each of the large, white split rocks ...