Tag: “Shrine”

14 results found.

  1. Reach for the Canopy

    One of the hundreds of orange torii gates at Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto catching some late afternoon rays through the filter of a canopy of leaves.

  2. Second Torii

    The second torii stands in front of the Main gate at the entrance to Fushimi Inari Taisha. The first torii (ichi no torii) is across the street from the Inari train station, the other 20,000 smaller torii are further in.

  3. Unseen Bangkok

    A bizzare shrine in the middle of Bangkok city, mostly unknown to tourist and locals

  4. Fushimi Inari Taisha

    Fushimi Inari Taisha, south of Kyoto, Japan, is home of the thousands of vermillion torii gates (senbon torii) on the hill behind the shinto shrine. Many will recall the scene from the movie: Memoirs of a Geisha.

  5. Nizamuddin Dargah

    The mausoleum of Sufi saint Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya is located in south Delhi. It is a popular pilgrimage spot not only for Muslim devotees, but also Hindus and Christians.

  6. Donors

    Thousands of torii gates that have been donated by companies and individuals line the Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto. The names of the donors are inscribed on the vertical pillars of the torii, as the name of the bus company seen here.

  7. Health and Good Fortune

    Fushimi Inari Taisha seems a popular jogging route despite (or because of) the hilly topography. But for an afternoon jog the atmosphere is hard to beat.

  8. Resident

    Countless cats make Fushimi Inari Taisha their home. This one in particular scared the litter out of the photographer, who was walking alone through the woods as the sun was beginning to set.

  9. Guardian

    One of the many cats who make the grounds of Fushimi Inari Taisha their home relaxes at one of the many small shrines dedicated to Inari, the kami of rice, agriculture, fertility, industry, and foxes. White foxes are believed to be Inari's messengers, and fox statues like the one in this picture rival the orange torii in quantity.

  10. Fushimi Cat

    One of the many cats at Fushimi Inari Taisha runs by a hole left by a post from a torii that had to be removed for repair.