Today was our last day in Kyoto before heading to Osaka.  We filled the day with visiting a few sites from our last trip as well as some new ones. Fushimi Inari Shrine:  This site is one we visited from our last trip to Japan, but we ran out of time to explore it all.  This time we were determined to make it all the way to the top of Mt. Inari.  It took several hours to walk the 2.5 mile trail which at some parts were fairly steep.  The further up we went the fewer and fewer people there were, but at the base of the shrine it was extremely crowded.  The walking trails are covered with over 10000 tori and the earliest is from 711 A.D.  The tori are donated by japanese businesses for good fortune and prosperity.  Throughout the trails, there are various sub-shrines and what seem to be graves.  From my search on the internet there are various graves laid out over Mt. Inari and they look like this: We walked and walked and finally reached a branching point in the path.  We decided to head right as it appeared to go up the mountain and […]
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