Foreign Tourists Flock to the Gates of Fushimi Inari Shrine

Tourists walking through the torii gates.

The paths split here, but join again later on.

Fox-shaped ema prayer tablets creatively enhanced with faces.

The main hall of the shrine.

Near the top of Inariyama hill.

Statue of a fox at the Rōmon gate. Foxes are considered to be messengers of the deity Inari.

There are said to be more than 10,000 torii.

The Omokaruishi (literally “heavy-light stone”); it is said that if it feels light to those who try to lift it, their prayers will be answered.

The second torii and the Rōmon gate.