Fushimi-Inari Taishi@Kyoto。JP

Fushimi-Inari Taishi in Kyoto is the general Fushimi-Inari temple, more than 40,000, in Japan.
Taishi is Jinja, i.e. shrine or temple in English.


The architecture is the holy gate, representing a boundary between the land of the God of Sun and the land of people, and is usually seen at Japanese temples. The gates are found in the residential area in the mountain, whick look like that become a kind of decoration of the path.

The Fushimi-Inari God governs corns and foods in the world in belief in Japan.

The holy gate is donated by people to show their reverence and veneration for the god.


There are more than ten thousands of the gates in this temple.


Entering the holy gate and turn around (see from the direction of the god), you can see the donors’ names and date of the gates built.



