Kitakata is in the Fukushima Prefecture, North of Japan in the middle of the island, between Fukushima (Pacific Ocean coast) and Niigata (Japanese See coast). Is a quiet and small town famous for his great Ramen, a noodle soup.
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.