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Fushimi Inari-taisha (Japanese: 伏見稲荷大社) is the head shrine of the kami Inari, located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.The shrine sits at the base of a mountain, also named Inari, which is 233 metres (764 ft) above sea level, and includes trails up the mountain to many smaller shrines which span 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) and take approximately 2 hours to walk up. [1]
The main Inari shrine is the Fushimi Inari-taisha in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, where the path to the shrine is marked by around a thousand torii. [8] Inari shrines typically possess guardian figures in the form of foxes or kitsune. These guardian figures are messengers of Inari but are commonly thought of as the deity itself. [11]
The table lists information about each of the 17 listed properties of the World Heritage Site listing: Name: in English and Japanese Type: Purpose of the site. The list includes 13 Buddhist temples ("-ji"), 3 Shinto shrines ("-jinja"), and one castle ("-jo"). Period: time period of significance, typically of construction
The main shrine is the Fushimi Inari Shrine on mount Inari (稲荷⼭ Inariyama) in Fushimi, Kyoto, Japan, where the paths up the shrine hill are marked in this fashion. [35] The kitsune statues are at times taken for a form of Inari, and they typically come in pairs, representing a male and a female. [ 36 ]
Fushimi (伏見区, Fushimi-ku) is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.Famous places in Fushimi include the Fushimi Inari Shrine, with thousands of torii lining the paths up and down a mountain; Fushimi Castle, originally built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, with its rebuilt towers and gold-lined tea-room; and the Teradaya, an inn at which Sakamoto Ryōma was ...
The Takekoma Inari Shrine was established in 842 AD, reputedly by Ono no Takamura, the kokushi of Ōshū Province, [3] as a branch of the famous Fushimi Inari Shrine south of Kyoto. The shrine is mentioned by the Heian period poet Nōin during the reign of Emperor Go-Reizei (1045-1068) and during the Sengoku period was awarded an estate by ...
Fushimi Sanpō Inari Shrine (伏見三寳稲荷神社, Fushimi Sanpō Inari Jinja) is a Shinto shrine in Shiba 3-chōme, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan established to worship Inari. [1] It is located on Mita Dōri next to the Nippon Life Insurance Akabane Bridge building, and across from the Saiseikai Central Hospital. Its roof is made from copper ...
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