The earliest structures were built in 711 on the Inariyama
hill in southwestern Kyoto, but the shrine was re-located in 816 on the request
of the monk Kūkai. The main shrine structure was built in 1499. At the bottom
of the hill are the main gate and the main shrine. Behind them, in the middle
of the mountain, the inner shrine is reachable by a path lined with thousands
of torii. To the top of the mountain are tens of thousands of mounds for
private worship.
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A good picture of the main gate to the Fushimi Inari Taisha
shrine.
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The thousands of torii gate stretch for one end of the mountain
to the other.
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There are brief moments where there is not a soul to be seen
and it seems it is just you walking up this mountain all alone with the sprits
as your guide.
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Water flows form the spring fare at the top.
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So many torii gates, standing it seems to the end of time.
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