Fushimi Inari-taisha

Fushimi Inari-taisha
伏見稲荷大社
Torii path with a hanging lantern at Fushimi Inari-Taisha Shrine
Religion
Affiliation	Shinto
Deity	Uka-no-Mitama-no-Ōkami, et al. as Inari Ōkami
Type	Inari shrine
Location
Location	Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Shown within Kyoto city Show map of Kyoto city Fushimi Inari-taisha (Japan) Show map of Japan
Geographic coordinates	34°58′2″N 135°46′22″E / 34.96722°N 135.77278°E / 34.96722; 135.77278
Architecture
Style	Kasuga-zukuri
Date established	711
Website
inari.jp/en/
Glossary of Shinto

Fushimi Inari-taisha (Japanese: 伏見稲荷大社) is the head shrine of the kami Inari, located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The shrine sits at the base of a mountain, also named Inari, which is 233 metres (764 ft) above sea level, and includes trails up the mountain to many smaller shrines which span 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) and take approximately 2 hours to walk up.^[1]

Inari was originally and remains primarily the kami of rice and agriculture, but merchants also worship Inari as the patron of business.^{[citation needed]} Each of Fushimi Inari-taisha's roughly 10,000 torii was donated by a Japanese business, and approximately 800 of these are set in a row to form the Senbon Torii, creating the impression of a tunnel.^[2]

Owing to the popularity of Inari's division and re-enshrinement, this shrine is said to have as many as 32,000 sub-shrines (分社 bunsha) throughout Japan.^[3]