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Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine

伏見稲荷大社

A beautiful shrine home to the god of thriving business

A popular destination for tourists because of its thousands of red torii gates, Fushimi Inari Taisha is the head of the approximately 30,000 Inari shrines located throughout Japan. This temple is said to be a good place to pray for success in business and industry.

In addition to torii, you may notice that there are a number of white fox statues throughout the shrine. Called byakko-san, these special foxes are thought to be the messengers of Inari Dai Kami-sama, the god enshrined at Fushimi Inari Taisha.

HOURS	The shrine itself does not close; stores selling good luck charms and etc. are open 7:00am~6:00pm
ADDRESS	68 Fukakusa Yabunouchicho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
ACCESS	Just outside of Inari Station on the JR Nara Line
TEL	075-641-7331
WEBSITE	http://inari.jp/ (Japanese only)