Climbing the Fushimi Inari Shrine (伏見稲荷大社) , in Kyoto
By David O'Sullivan The morning was spent at the Fushimi Inari Shrine, which is dedicated to the Shinto god of rice and saki. It’s an amazing place, dating back centuries and consists of an impressive Shrine and hiking trails leading up a steep hill to another Shrine at the top. The trails are straddled by thousands of orange poles or “torii gates” all the way up the hill. There is […]