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	bd's homeplate - Fotos of Fushimi Inari by Dozier
		Fushimi Inari shrine has tens of thousands of orange-colored torii (gates which traditionally mark the entrance to a shrine.
		Fushimi Inari is quite an amazing place, you can walk for 20 minutes and still have more torii to walk through and there are quite a few statutes of foxes which are commonly found at Inari, the Shinto deity of rice, shrines in Japan.
		To reach Fushimi Inari, take the JR Nara Line to JR Inari Station, which takes about five minutes from Kyoto Station and the shrine is just in front of the station.
	bobbydozier.com /fushimi.html (125 words)

	A History of Fox Beliefs by Chris Azure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Inari’s head shrine is the Fushimi Inari Taisha on Mt. Inari in Kyoto.
		Within the Fushimi grounds, two of the most popular shrines are the Byakko-sha, the “white fox shrine”, and the Myobu-sha, the “court lady shrine.”It is not surprising, then, that many of the stories of the origins of the fox’s association with Inari are centred around this shrine.
		The fox’s role as the messenger of Inari, and its early associations with the spirit of rice are often alluded to.
	inari.garunya.com /chapter4.htm (3316 words)

	Kyoto Travel: Fushimi Inari Shrine (Fushimi Inari Taisha)
		Fushimi Inari Shrine is the most famous of several thousands of shrines dedicated to Inari across Japan.
		Inari is the Shinto god of rice, and foxes are thought to be his messengers.
		Fushimi Inari Shrine is also famous for the countless torii gates, offerings by worshippers, that cover the hiking trails of Inarisan, the wooded mountain behind the shrine's main buildings.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e3915.html (174 words)

	Photo Japan: In-Focus Portfolio 1999: Fushimi Inari Taisha
		Fushimi Inari Taisha is a Shinto shrine located in a southeast section of Kyoto city.
		The Fushimi Inari (Fushimi being the name of the suburb in which the shrine is situated, Inari formed from the abbreviation for ine-nari meaning 'ripening of rice') was first built on Mount Inari in 711.
		The Inari is a deity widely worshiped because of its close association with the nation's rice-centered agriculture.
	www.photojapan.com /index.htm/focus1999/fushimi.html (290 words)

	Historical Highlights: Fushimi Inari Shrine
		One of Kyoto's oldest shrines, Fushimi Inari was built to honor Inari, the Shinto god of rice and rice wine (sake).
		Shrines dedicated to Inari are quite common in Japan and there are over 30,000 of these rice shrines throughout the country.
		Kyotofs Fushimi Inari Shrine, by far the largest, acts as the headquarters for all of the smaller shrines dedicated to rice.
	www.ritsumei.ac.jp /eng/newsletter/winter2006/5backcover.shtml (452 words)

	Fushimi Inari-taisha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is especially well known for the thousands of vermilion torii lining the paths on the hill on which the shrine is located.
		Company officials often make offerings to Inari shrines in the form of barrels of rice wine (sake) or torii gates.
		The easiest way to get to Fushimi Inari shrine is to take the train.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fushimi_Inari-taisha (425 words)

	Inari (mythology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Inari (Japanese: 稲荷; also Oinari) is the Shinto god of fertility, rice, agriculture, and foxes.
		The entrance to an Inari shrine is usually marked by one or more vermilion torii and some statues of kitsune, which are usually adorned with red bibs out of respect.
		The main shrine is the Fushimi Inari Shrine in Fushimi, Kyoto, Japan, where the paths up the shrine hill are marked in this fashion.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Inari_(god) (465 words)

	Oinari, Fox Spirit, God of Japan, Photo Dictionary of Japanese Buddhist & Shinto Deities
		Inari is generally associated with various manifestations of the Hindu goddess Dakini or Dakiniten 荼枳尼天, who in turn is associated with Daikoku-ten (Mahakala), the latter considered the Hindu god of Five Cereals.
		Inari's messenger is the magical shape-shifting fox (kitsune 狐), and a pair of foxes typically flank Inari's image in artwork of the deity.
		Inari and Inari's foxes must therefore be placated -- otherwise it would be disastrous to the livelihood of the nation's farmers and people.
	www.onmarkproductions.com /html/oinari.shtml (5162 words)

	Fushimi Inari Shrine near Kyoto, Japan
		Inari is the Shinto god of rice and sake, two central and essential commodities both in the culture and history of trade and life in Japan.
		Inari's foxes are said to be helpful, but others are said to be dangerous and bewitch people, sometimes even in the guise of beautiful woman.
		Fushimi Inari Shrine is a short ride from Kyoto Station on the JR Nara line.
	www.yamasa.org /japan/english/destinations/kyoto/fushimi.html (593 words)

	Outdoor Japan - Column - Kansai: Tales From The West - Hatsumode - Fushimi Inari Taisha - Shrine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The shrine, located in Fushimi (south Kyoto) is the head of approximately 30,000 Inari shrines scattered across Japan.
		Inari shrines are instantly recognizable by the multiple torii (red and fl) arches, and the two grinning stone foxes found at the entrance.
		The foxes are said to be the messengers of Inari, the god of cereals and if you look carefully you will notice some of them appear to have a key in their mouth, which apparently unlocks the rice granary.
	www.outdoorjapan.com /columns/tales-10.html (936 words)

	Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine - Kyoto Guide - Japan Reference
		Located about 2km southeast of Kyoto station, Fushimi Inari Taisha is without doubt the largest and most impressive Inari shrine in Japan.
		Fushimi Inari Taisha was founded in the 8th century by the Hata family and is the head shrine of no less than 30,000 Inari Shrines nationwide.
		Visiting Fushimi Inari Taisha in the late afternoon as the sun slowly sets can be a thrilling experience and is definitely recommended for those believing in the "spirits of the forest".
	www.jref.com /practical/fushimi_inari_taisha.shtml (507 words)

	Photo Japan: In-Focus Portfolio 1999: Fushimi Inari Taisha
		Fushimi Inari Taisha is a Shinto shrine located in a southeast section of Kyoto city.
		The Fushimi Inari (Fushimi being the name of the suburb in which the shrine is situated, Inari formed from the abbreviation for ine-nari meaning 'ripening of rice') was first built on Mount Inari in 711.
		The Inari is a deity widely worshiped because of its close association with the nation's rice-centered agriculture.
	photojapan.com /index.htm/focus1999/fushimi.html (290 words)

	Max Watson's Asian Adventures: Fushimi Inari Shrine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Tucked away from most of the tourists in the southeast corner of Kyoto, the Fushimi Inari Shrine is an excellent Shinto site with hundreds of torii leading through the mountains.
		The god Inari is honored at Fushimi Inari Shrine.
		Fushimi jinja is one of my favorite shrines in Japan too, and you really captured the atmosphere.
	www.maxwatson.com /blog/2006/09/fushimi_inari_shrine.html (248 words)

	Fushimi Inari
		Fushimi Inari Shrine is also the most important out of all the other Inari shrines.
		The Fushimi Inari Shrine was first built on top of Mt.
		Inari in 711 CE and then was moved down to the foot of the mountain.
	www.asij.ac.jp /elementary/gr4web/c4f/place/shinto/s_weektwo/fushimi.htm (546 words)

	FUSHIMI INARI TAISHA
		Fushimi Inari Taisha (伏見稲荷大社) is a shinto jinja (shrine) dedicated to the spirit Inari, located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
		It is especially well known for the thousands of vermilion torii lining the paths on the hill on which the shrine is located and was feature in the film Memoirs of a Geisha.
		Companies often make offerings to Inari shrines in the form of barrels of rice wine (sake) or torii gates.
	www.japaneselifestyle.com.au /travel/kyoto_fushimi_inari_taisha.htm (360 words)

	Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto
		There are many thousand shrines of Fushimi Inari shattered throughout whole of Japan, the bigger ones easiely recognizable by the many red torii that lead to the shrine, but the one in Kyoto is the main shrine.
		It was built as place to honour Inari the deity of rice harvest, who offered protection to the farmers - and in later years also to the merchants.
		In fact, the impressive number of stone foxes at the Fushimi Inari Taisha is only outnumbered by the red torii.
	home.kamp.net /home/joerg.home/fushimi.htm (563 words)

	Amazon.com: "Fushimi Inari Taisha": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Fushimi Inari Taisha is one of Kyoto's oldest shrines, dating to the year 711, more than eighty years before the city Nvas founded.
		FUSHIMI INARI TAISHA in Kyoto, with its thousands of red torii, is the most prominent.
		Fushimi Inari Taisha, a shrine near Kyoto, is the largest of its kind and is crammed with fox statues.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Fushimi-Inari-Taisha (614 words)

	Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto - Reviews of Fushimi Inari Taisha - IgoUgo
		Another famed Kyoto landmark, Fushimi Inari is an eccentric and exhilarating sight.
		Established in 711 Fushimi Inari is the headquarters of shrines dedicated to the fox deity inari who was believed to intercede for good harvests.
		Fushimi Inari Taisha is probably the best temple experience I had in my whole time in Japan, mainly because the weather was beautiful that day, and I thought the delicate carvings of the foxes, some sly-looking, some evil, big and small and cute and ugly, were just amazing.
	www.igougo.com /travelcontent/JournalEntryActivity.aspx?entryID=29452 (647 words)

	Photos of Fushimi Inari Shrine - Travel Photography and Stock Images by Darby Sawchuk
		A hall at Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto, Japan.
		Votive plaques hang at Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto, Japan.
		A statue of fox messenger or kitsune at Fushimi Inari...
	www.dsphotographic.com /g2/japan/kyoto/fushimiinari (314 words)

	Fushimi Inari Shrine - Kyoto, Japan
		A tunnel of torii at Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto.
		Fushimi Inari Taisha (Fushimi Inari Shrine) is a Shinto shrine dedicated to Inari, the god of rice, sake, and prosperity.
		Fushimi Inari Shrine draws thousands of businessmen and tradespeople seeking blessings for their enterprises, especially at the first prayers of the New Year.
	www.sacred-destinations.com /japan/kyoto-fushimi-inari.htm (617 words)

	Fushimi Inari Taisha - Maciej Swulinski
		This is the most famous of all Japan's shrines dedicated to the deity Inari (highly popular kami of rice and sake).
		Fushimi Inari Taisha shrine stands on the slopes of Inari-san (Mount Inari) in
		Inari's foxes are helpful, but others are dangerous and bewitch people, sometimes even in the guise of beautiful woman.
	www.swulinski.com /travels/FushimiInari.html (98 words)

	Fushimi-Inari Taisha Shrine
		As I understand it, this Inari shrine was the first of its kind and is now the head of about 35,000 Inari shrines all across Japan.
		The fox is an important animal in Japanese lore and is considered to be the mesenger of Inari.
		There are old stories of men and women who lost themselves to the spirit of the fox, abandoned their lives in the cities, and went out into the wilderness to live just as the foxes do.
	farstrider.net /Japan/Kyoto/Fushimi.htm (540 words)

	Fushimi Tsuchiningyoo - Clay Dolls from Fushimi •©l`Æ¾éÜ@\@l`U•à
		They wind their way through the hills of Inari Mountain, forming a hallway through which the surrounding forests may be glimpsed.
		The origin of all clay dolls in Japan is believed to be the "Fushimi Clay Dolls", painted dolls made of unglazed pottery that were sold in front of the gate to Kyoto's Fushimi Inari Shrine around the 16th century, starting at the end of the Momoyama period.
		So with respect to this story these Fushimi dolls are bought with the wish that one's own child would grow up as clever as the child in our story.
	www.amie.or.jp /daruma/Fushimi.html (1513 words)

	Hierarch Inari
		Inari was a Japanese Shinto kami goddess of rice, agriculture, and foodstuffs.
		Most often Inari was depicted in pictures as a woman with long flowing hair with sheaves of rice.
		The most renown of the Inari shrines is the Fushimi Inari Shrine, which has innumerable torii gates that were offerings from those who revered Inari and blanketed the hiking trails of Inarisan.
	www.blessingscornucopia.com /Hierarchs_of_Twelve_Universal_Rays_Hierarch_Inari_Miketsu_No_Kami.htm (371 words)

	Confessions of a Grade School Role Model: Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto is the head of the more than 30,000 Inari shrines throughout Japan.
		It was established in the early 8th century, and moved to its present location in the 9th century.
		Inari, the Shinto god of rice and sake, was traditionally worshipped by farmers seeking a good harvest, but in modern Japan most Inari followers are businessmen hoping for commercial success.
	savagepencil.typepad.com /confessions/2004/11/fushimi_inari_t.html (270 words)

	Fushimi inari Stock Photo Images. 37 Fushimi inari pictures and photos available to download from over 100 stock ...
		Bamboo water dipper at fountain Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine...
		Row of Torii gates following path at Fushimi Inari Taisha...
		Children under Torii Gates at Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto...
	www.fotosearch.com /photos-images/fushimi-inari.html (217 words)

	Enjoying Kyoto - Kyoto City Tourism and CultureInformation System
		Originally dedicated to the goddess of rice and other foods the shrine later included deities for commerce housing and other aspects of life.
		A fire festival held on Nov. 8 serves to express gratitude to the deities and to pray for well-being of family members.
		Fushimi Inari Taisha (shrine) is Kyoto's most popular shrine for New Year visits.
	kaiwai.city.kyoto.jp /sightdb/sight-raku/view_sight.php?lang=en&InforKindCode=1&ManageCode=1000198 (455 words)

	Asian Art by Kyoko Directory
		Most of the clay dolls in the mid Edo period (1603-1868) have their roots in the Fushimi clay dolls of the Kyoto area which were originally sold as souvenirs to the pilgrims on the way to the Fushimi Inari Shrine.
		Fushimi dolls were originally sold as souvenirs to the pilgrims on the road of Fushimi Kaidou from Kyoto to Fushimi Inari Shrine in the early Edo period (1600-1868).
		All the clay dolls are somehow originated from the Fushimi clay doll of the Kyoto area.
	www.asianartbykyoko.com /catalog210.html (845 words)

	Welcome to Kyoto - Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine -
		One of the most well-known shrines among the people of Kyoto, this shrine is nicknamed "Oinari-san." Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine is the main shrine of all the Inari Shrines in Japan, and one of the oldest Shinto shrines in Kyoto.
		Boasting the most visitors of all Shinto Shrines in Japan, it is particularly crowded during the New Year, as well as on the first day of each month and "uma no hi" (day of the horse under the Japanese old calendar).
		JR Nara Line to "Inari ".Keihan Line to "Fushimi Inari".
	www.pref.kyoto.jp /visitkyoto/en/theme/sites/shrines/temples/fushimi_inari (158 words)

	Kyoto-fu Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
		Fushimi Inari Taisha and the walk are generally fairly quiet, but New Year and the 2 days after it, are an entirely different story.
		The hundreds of fox shrines dotting the walk form Fushimi Inari reflect the importance of this animal as the messenger of the gods.
		I visited Fushimi Inari Taisha on the 18th of June - there were posters everywhere indicating that there was a festival the next night (Saturday 19th June).
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Asia/Japan/Kyoto_fu/Things_To_Do-Kyoto_fu-R-4.html (962 words)

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