Fushimi Inari-taisha
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.
| Fushimi Inari-taisha | |
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伏見稲荷大社 | |
Torii path with a hanging lantern at Fushimi Inari-Taisha Shrine | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Shinto |
| Deity | Uka-no-Mitama-no-Ōkami, et al. as Inari Ōkami |
| Type | Inari shrine |
| Location | |
| Location | Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan |
Shown within Kyoto city Fushimi Inari-taisha (Japan) | |
| Geographic coordinates | 34°58′2″N 135°46′22″E |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Kasuga-zukuri |
| Date established | 711 |
| Website | |
| inari | |
| Glossary of Shinto | |
Inari was originally and remains primarily the kami of rice and agriculture, but merchants also worship Inari as the patron of business. Each of Fushimi Inari-taisha's roughly 10,000 torii was donated by a Japanese business, and approximately 800 of these are set in a row to form the Senbon Torii, creating the impression of a tunnel.
Owing to the popularity of Inari's division and re-enshrinement, this shrine is said to have as many as 32,000 sub-shrines (分社 bunsha) throughout Japan.