This morning we came to Fushimi Inari Taisha. This is the head shrine of Inari (more than 30000 sub-shrines of Inari throughout Japan). The earliest structures were built in 711. |
Just across the street from the JR station is the huge torii (Japanese gate commonly found at the entrance of or within a shrine), and then the main gate. |
The statues of foxes (one at each side) can be found at the gate (and at many other places). Foxes are regarded as messenger of the God. |
This is the main shrine. |
This shrine is famous for "thousands of torii". Miniature torii (with prayers) are offered to the God. |
We walked to the inner shrine by going through a row of huge torii. |
We found foxes here, too. |
At the end of the path is the inner shrine. |
Of course I tried it - and I felt it was exactly as heavy as I imagined!! I don't know if my wish will come true or not in this case! |
After we walked around the inner shrine, we didn't go further up and just took the same was back to the main shrine. |
Outside the shrine are many souvenir shops and restaurants. We decided to have lunch at one of those restaurants. |
My husband ordered the combo of the soba noodles with Pacific herring and inarizushi. |
I ordered the rice bowl with tempura. Both of our dishes were just OK. |
Then we took a train and came to Sanjo street. This year it was very cold in Kyoto and we couldn't find any cherry blossoms... |
After walking around the area, we took a break at a cafe called Qu’il fait bon. |
So many beautifully decorated cakes and tarts were in the show case - so difficult to just pick one! |
I ordered the tart with muskmelon and mango. The melon was soooo sweet and juicy. |
No comments:
Post a Comment