Perched on a wooded hillside in southern Kyoto, Fushimi Inari is a 1,300-year-old temple dedicated to Inari, the Shinto deity of rice and sake (Japanese rice wine). The shrine complex dates back ...

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 ...

This struggle was clearly evident near Fushimi Inari Taisha last week ... This site becomes incredibly congested as it’s located at the start of the approach to the shrine, which has a history ...

From Kyoto’s Fushimi Inari Shrine to the trendy and youthful Tokyo district of Harajuku, Japan has a wealth of beautiful scenery, delicious food and vast cultural heritage that continues to ...

Fushimi dolls became popular as souvenirs in areas around Fushimi Inari Taisha shrine in the Edo Period (1603-1867). To make a Fushimi doll, clay is pressed into the clay mold before it is dried ...