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Our guide
Fushimi Inari Taisha is the head shrine of Inari, the kami of rice and farming whom merchants also pray to for business. Its famous sight comes from that second role: roughly 10,000 torii gates, each one donated by a Japanese business, climb the mountain behind the shrine, and about 800 of them stand so close together, in the Senbon Torii, that they form a tunnel.
The shrine sits at the foot of Mount Inari, 233 m high, and trails wind up it past many smaller shrines for about 4 km — the description below puts the full climb at about two hours — so you can walk as far as you like and turn back. The shrine was founded in 711 by the Hata clan, an influential immigrant family from the Korean Peninsula. Inari Station is about 200 m away in a straight line.
Tōfuku-ji is about 1.1 km away, and Sanjūsangen-dō about 2.3 km.
Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence — see credits
- Fushimiinari-taisha, gehaiden-1 — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Fushimiinari-taisha, Tamayamainarisha — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Fushimiinari-taisha, Okumiya — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Fushimiinari-taisha, Matsu-no-shitaya — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Fushimiinari-taisha, Byakkosha — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto, Panorama, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan - panoramio — josef knecht · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- Fushimi Inari-taisha Shintô Shrine - Naka-no-yashiro Shintô Shrine — Yanajin33 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Fushimi Inari-taisha Shintô Shrine - Kumataka-sha Shintô Shrine - Inside — Yanajin33 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Fushimi Inari-taisha Otabisho, Otabiden — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
What this place is
Fushimi Inari-taisha (伏見稲荷大社) is the head shrine of the kami Inari, located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, 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. It is unclear whether the mountain's name, Inariyama, or the shrine's name came first. The shrine was formally founded in 711 CE by the Hata clan, an influential immigrant group from the Korean Peninsula. 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 were 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.
Visitor information checked: 2026-10-04 · Kyoto City tourism: Fushimi Inari Taisha
Background text adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
What to expect at this type of place: Shrine
Nearby station
Nearby station: Inari (Nara Line), about 200 m from the spot in a straight line.
Worked out on 2026-09-14 from this place’s map position, using HeartRails Express station data and station names from Wikidata. The distance is a straight line, not a walking route, and says nothing about buses, transfers or timetables — plan the trip on Google Maps.
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