Takayama Shinto Shrine

Takayama Shinto Shrine across the street from Shinagawa station. The Takayama Shinto Shrine shrine was built at the end of the 15th century on a hill near where the Shinagawa station stands now.  At that time there were about 200 steps leading from the sea to the oratory of the shrine as the sea was just […]

Fushimi Inari Shrine

A morning spent at the Fushimi Inari Shrine. Fushimi Inari shrine site in Kyoto Japan at the base of Mt. Inari.  The site consists of a main shrine and many smaller shrines accessible by paths lined with torii (the orange gates pictured below).  The shrine has the nickname “the shrine of a thousand gates” due […]