2022
Surely you will like here😃!! As you know, Fushimi Inari shrine⛩
This is also part of Kyoto's most popular Higashiyama district, which is convenient for transportation.
In the survey of the tourist information service of US in one year, it became the most popular place in Japan for foreign travelers. The second place is Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. The reason for that is probably "千本鳥居 Senbon Torii"⛩⛩⛩⛩⛩😍.
"Senbon" is a unit of 1000 in Japanese, but the meaning is "large number". In reality it exceeds 1,000, it is said that there are about 3,500. Moreover, if it compiled all torii, it is over 10,000😮!! Why did it look like this? That's because Torii is a good luck charm, Therefore, people make donations at their own expense. "Building where person passes = Your wishes will pass"⛩🙏
Let's surprise, in fact you can make a donation😃!! The cost is $ 1,700 to $ 10,000, and your name and company name are engraved. Perhaps there is Google's torii⛩🧐??
Well, Fushimi Inari shrine is "Apostle of the fox"🦊. With this teaching we feel the fox godly. Just like an Indian cow. The favorite thing of the fox 's apostle is said to be "油揚げ Abura age". It is Japanese fried food (naturally wild fox is different)🍞. Therefore, the thing to donate at "Inari shrine" nationwide is Abura age🍞🙏.
As is often the case with Japanese shrines, the God of Fushimi Inari Shrine is a deified of foreigners who immigrated. Ancient Japanese tend to deified to immigrants who brought advanced skills (Just as Steve Jobs is now deified).
Person who immigrated from mainland China👲. The person became a power person in Japan and has been worshiped to the present on one mountain🌄🙏. After that the founder of the Buddhism of Japan and the Emperor worshiped this shrine and the scale expanded. Currently the "Inari shrine group" is the largest in Japanese shrine⛩.
What this shrine is supposed to protect us is about harvesting of crops🌾🌽🍒. Since Japan is an island geographically, it prospered as an agricultural country. For that reason many people consider this shrine important.
If you only want to sight see the Senbon Torii, it takes only an hour. But if you take a walk through the mountain it will take more than half a day. It's a larger shrine than you imagine🌄. There are no foxes in the shrine, but there are lots of cats😺. You should not give bait, but you will come close to you without doing anything😻.
In principle torii is not barrier free, but by contacting the shrine it will support us to a certain extent♿. The facilities of the toilet are clean and fulfilling.
If you are a beginner in a journey in Japan, it can be said that you have almost succeeded by watching all of the following Higashiyama districts😊.
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- The autumn leaves spot map of Kyoto
Is there a Torii in your country? I want you to post please🤗!
