Fushimi Inari Taisha is said to have been founded in 711. It is the head shrine of approximately 30,000 shrines throughout Japan. About 10,000 vermilion torii gates stand in a row. Many mounds are ...

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You can easily visit the Fushimi Inari Taisha shinto shrine or Yasaka pagoda. Take a bullet train from Kyoto to Kagoshima. Covering over 700km in just 4.5 hours whilst southern Japan flies past ...

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The property is non-smoking and is located 600 metres from Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine. This air-conditioned apartment is equipped with 2 bedrooms, a TV, and a fully equipped kitchen with a microwave ...

Kyoto was the destination for its school trip in September. There were long lines at bus stops and both Kiyomizudera Temple and Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine were packed with foreign tourists, he said.

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When I decided on a whim to catch the bullet train from Tokyo to Kyoto, I arrived without a plan and ended up sprinting up the famous Fushimi Inari-taisha (the shrine with the big orange gates ...

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