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Travel The Fiery Red-Orange Halls Of Fushimi Inari-Taisha, Shrine Dedicated To God Of Rice

Travel The Fiery Red-Orange Halls Of Fushimi Inari-Taisha
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When January rolls around, thousands of believers travel to the Fushimi Inari-taisha shrine in Kyoto, Japan to pray for good fortune in the New Year.

Dedicated to Inari, the Shinto god of rice, the shrine sits at the bottom of a mountain by the same name in southwestern Kyoto. The full complex consists of five shrines, the first of which was built in the 8th century, with a pathway winding up the mountain lined with hundreds of red torii, or gates.

Dozens of stone foxes also adorn the shrine, invoking the messenger of Inari and often depicted with a key to the figurative rice granary in its mouth.

Take a virtual walk down the fiery red-orange gates of the shrine:

楼門 FUSHIMI Inari by Chris Franco on 500px

Standard Fushimi Inari by Cesar Sebouhian on 500px
The Red Tunnel by Jacek Sniecikowski on 500px
Go Toward the Light by Xavier on 500px
Square by Sakashi Yui on 500px
Fushimi-Inari Taisha by Paolo Piccoli on 500px
Fushimi Inari-taisha by Witold Koning on 500px
Torii's Light by Bways on 500px
Kanji + Red Gates by hugh dornan on 500px



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