Fushimi Inari Shrine Kyoto Japan

by Joan Carroll

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Fushimi Inari Shrine Kyoto Japan

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Joan Carroll

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Photograph - Photography And Digital Art

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Fushimi Inari Shrine, dating from 816, is Kyoto’s most important Shinto shrine and one of the most popular attractions for foreign visitors to Japan. It is famous for the thousands of red gates (Senbon Torii) that line a path of about 4 km. The function of a torii is to mark the entrance to a sacred space so that the path leading to a Shinto shrine is always straddled by one or more torii. Inari is the god of rice, sake, and abundant crops. Over time, Inari came also to be the patron of business, merchants and manufacturers as having good income was a sign of good crops of a sort. Each gate was paid for and donated by national and local businesses whose name and date of donation is inscribed on the back of the gate (so this photo depicts the ‘front’ of the torii). The custom to donate a torii started in the Edo period (1603 – 1868) to get a wish to become true or to thank for a wish that became true. Good luck finding out how many torii there are. It’s either ‘roughly a thousand’ or ‘thousands of them’ or ‘over 5000’ or ‘over 10,000’. Take your pick, or just enjoy the walk!

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February 16th, 2020

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