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This is a photograph of the many torii found at the Fushimi Inari Taisha shrine in Kyoto, Japan. I was amazed that I was able to photograph it without people in the frame as it was packed.

 

Fushimi Inari Taisha is the head shrine of Inari, located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The shrine sits at the base of a mountain also named Inari which is 233 metres above sea level, and includes trails up the mountain to many smaller shrines which span 4 kilometers.

 

Since early Japan, Inari was seen as the patron of business, and merchants and manufacturers have traditionally worshipped Inari. Each of the torii at Fushimi Inari Taisha is donated by a Japanese business. First and foremost, though, Inari is the god of rice.

 

This popular shrine is said to have as many as 32,000 sub-shrines (bunsha) throughout Japan.

 

Source: Wikipedia

 

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