Fushimi Inari Taisha, or the shrine of the 10,000 Torii Gates ⛩️It’s a spectacular maze of different paths that goes 4km long up a nearby hill - so you enjoy quite a hike while you’re surrounded by these vermillion gates.
As you know, these Torii Gates ⛩️ made out of painted wood indicate the entrance to a sacred space. In this case, they’re dedicated to the gods of wine and sake, which represent fortune and success in business. Each of them is an offering by a local or national Japanese company expecting success in return – you can read on each gate the name of the company which has donated it. So even though the shrine is very old, each gate itself is rather new, as they’re changed every 10 to 20 years. For instance, the one next to my face in the first picture is from 2009. It’s written with complicated kanji, but you can find out using Google translate’s camera feature, which saves the lives of every foreigner in Japan every day.
There are so many of them that at some parts of the way they almost completely cut out the light coming from the outside, creating a mysterious and ethereal tunnel that extends beyond the eye’s reach. The beauty of this place is really beyond question, especially if you go there early enough to avoid the crowds. It’s open 24/7 so you can also come here in the night but I somehow didn’t dare.
伏見稲荷大社(ふしみいなりたいしゃ)は難しい名前の有名な万鳥居の神社です。本当にすごいラビリンスみたいです。鳥居の4KM長い道の中で小さい山に上ります。ここでお金の神様に祈れます。いろいろ会社は毎鳥居をプレゼントしました。一つの鳥居で会社の名前を書いてあります。難しい漢字を読めなくて、ググるのほんやくのアプリを使います!べんりでよね。とにかく美しい場所です。
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