There's so many torii (gates) at Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto that it's like a series of orange tunnels around the hillside...




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Inari temples and shrines feature fox statues. The fox spirits are believed to carry the prayers of worshippers to the gods.

[Na Horuk]

Wow, very interesting. I'll have to look up what these are

[slowpez]

Thanks for sharing these. Love seeing images from places I will never get to see in person.

[Kerrowdown]

Really like the first image, the red perspective of the arches is great.

[RobG]

Wow, very interesting. I'll have to look up what these are

Most inari shrines have one torii at each entrance. This temple has literally kilometres of paths crowded with them.

Thanks for sharing these. Love seeing images from places I will never get to see in person.

You're welcome!

Really like the first image, the red perspective of the arches is great.

Thanks! I have lots of photos of the torii, but I picked this one in particular for the movement of the two kids running along the path.

[RobG]

The temple was a tad busy...