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Kanji

Kanji

This is another view of the « thousand torii » path to the Fushimi Inari Shrine. If you ever get the chance to go to Kyoto, you should definitely take half a day to go there, as it really is a special place ! Moreover, if you end up going there after a snowfall, as I did, [...]

Path to infinity

Path to infinity

In the mountains surrounding Kyoto is the shinto temple of Fushimi Inari. This temple is famous for its 1000 torii gates which mark out the way to the top of the mountain. All of these red gates have been brought up there on foot and fixed to the ground by hand, by monks and believers. [...]


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