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[[Image:Fushimi-inari.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The famous rows of ''[[torii]]'' at Fushimi Inari Taisha.]]
*''Established: [[711]], [[Hata clan]]''
*''Japanese'': 伏見稲荷大社 ''(Fushimi Inari Taisha)''
Fushimi Inari is a [[Shinto shrine]] in [[Fushimi]], [[Kyoto]]. The head shrine of all [[Inari]] shrines in the country, it is among the most popular tourist destinations in Japan, famous for its thousands of vermillion ''[[torii]]''.
The shrine is said to have been established by the [[Hata clan]] in [[711]], though shrine structures were not built until later. As a shrine dedicated to the harvest, Fushimi Inari has always been popular with the peasantry; since [[852]], it has been frequently visited by members of the [[Imperial family]], and their agents, as well.
The main shrine buildings were destroyed in the [[Onin War|Ônin War]] ([[1467]]-[[1477]]), but were rebuilt in [[1499]]. [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] donated the shrine's main gate after his mother's recovery from illness (for which he had prayed); countless individuals and organizations have donated ''torii'', which form tunnels snaking up and down Mt. Inari.
==References==
*Plaques on-site.
==External Links==
*[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E4%BC%8F%E8%A6%8B%E7%A8%B2%E8%8D%B7%E5%A4%A7%E7%A4%BE&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=37.188995,86.572266&t=h&hq=%E4%BC%8F%E8%A6%8B%E7%A8%B2%E8%8D%B7%E5%A4%A7%E7%A4%BE&z=15 Fushimi Inari Shrine on Google Maps]
[[Category:Shrines]]
*''Established: [[711]], [[Hata clan]]''
*''Japanese'': 伏見稲荷大社 ''(Fushimi Inari Taisha)''
Fushimi Inari is a [[Shinto shrine]] in [[Fushimi]], [[Kyoto]]. The head shrine of all [[Inari]] shrines in the country, it is among the most popular tourist destinations in Japan, famous for its thousands of vermillion ''[[torii]]''.
The shrine is said to have been established by the [[Hata clan]] in [[711]], though shrine structures were not built until later. As a shrine dedicated to the harvest, Fushimi Inari has always been popular with the peasantry; since [[852]], it has been frequently visited by members of the [[Imperial family]], and their agents, as well.
The main shrine buildings were destroyed in the [[Onin War|Ônin War]] ([[1467]]-[[1477]]), but were rebuilt in [[1499]]. [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] donated the shrine's main gate after his mother's recovery from illness (for which he had prayed); countless individuals and organizations have donated ''torii'', which form tunnels snaking up and down Mt. Inari.
==References==
*Plaques on-site.
==External Links==
*[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E4%BC%8F%E8%A6%8B%E7%A8%B2%E8%8D%B7%E5%A4%A7%E7%A4%BE&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=37.188995,86.572266&t=h&hq=%E4%BC%8F%E8%A6%8B%E7%A8%B2%E8%8D%B7%E5%A4%A7%E7%A4%BE&z=15 Fushimi Inari Shrine on Google Maps]
[[Category:Shrines]]
