Visiting Shrines

[dannystravels]

Today I was really excited to visit the Fushimi Inari Shrine and walk through the famous Torii gates which straddle the network of trails.

Before my trip I knew nothing about Japan, but luckily a friend had Googled some of the suggested tourist destinations. When I saw pictures of this shrine I knew I wanted to visit. I didn't realise it was a huge labyrinth of Torii gates dedicated to Inari - the Shinto god of rice.

The gates travel all the way up the mountain


You can wash your hands and rinse out your mouth before worshipping at a shrine

The higher up the mountain you get, the less tourists that are around you

An unmanned shop on the side of the mountain

Comments

[creativemary]

Beautiful!

[dannystravels]

Thank you Mary!

[creativemary]

Welcome!