Giant red torii gate at the entrance to Fushimi Inari Taisha Kyoto

Back view of the Romon Gate in Fushimi Inari Taisha Kyoto

Colorful wooden map guide to Fushimi Inari Taisha Kyoto

Senbon Torii or thousands of torii gates at Fushimi Inari Taisha Kyoto

Name and date of each donator on these torii gates at Fushimi Inari Taisha Kyoto

Winding vermilion torii gates leading to the sacred Mount Inari at Fushimi Inari Taisha Kyoto [Buy a Print]

Two woman pause to take a photo of the torii gates and autumn colors at Fushimi Inari Taisha Kyoto

Entrance to many shrines in the wooded forest of Fushimi Inari Taisha Kyoto

Kitsune or fox statue at a shrine in Fushimi Inari Taisha Kyoto

Spider spins a web in the wooded forest of Fushimi Inari Taisha Kyoto

Wild cat in the wooded forest of Fushimi Inari Taisha Kyoto

Shin ike Pond and the Kumatakasha at Fushimi Inari Taisha Kyoto

Looking out over Shin ike Pond in Fushimi Inari Taisha Kyoto

Traversing the steep steps of the woods and shrine in Fushimi Inari Taisha Kyoto

Miniature torii gates ready to be donated to the shrines in Fushimi Inari Taisha Kyoto

Stack of miniature torii gates at Fushimi Inari Taisha Kyoto

Young and old taking the hike up to sacred Mount Inari at Fushimi Inari Taisha Kyoto

Temizuya on the way up the sacred Mount Inari at Fushimi Inari Taisha Kyoto

View of Kyoto from the Yotsutsuji intersection at Fushimi Inari Taisha Kyoto

Outside look at the torii gates coming back down Mount Inari at Fushimi Inari Taisha Kyoto

Tanuki statue at Fushimi Inari Taisha Kyoto

Baby cat playing at Fushimi Inari Taisha Kyoto

Baby cats eating at Fushimi Inari Taisha Kyoto

Mist coming through the wooded forest of autumn colors at Fushimi Inari Taisha Kyoto

Old mossed tree growing through this shrine at Fushimi Inari Taisha Kyoto

Torii gate and shrines with autumn colors at Fushimi Inari Taisha Kyoto

Colorful shop entrance at the exit of Fushimi Inari Taisha Kyoto

Takoyaki or octopus in a wheat ball Kyoto

Train crossing with train to Nara passing by Kyoto

Me, Myself & Japan: Day 2 of 10

JAPAN 2017: DAY 2, PART 1 – Kyoto – Fushimi Inari Taisha (Inc. Video)

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PHOTOS/ VIDEOS IN THIS GALLERY:

31 Photos/ 1 Video

LOCATIONS:

kyoto, Japan

ABOUT MY TRIP:

These 18 new galleries are a combination of a month and a half’s work of whittling down & post-processing around 5000 photos that I took on this dream trip to Japan in November 2017 down to 561, many late nights & tired eyeballs, 5 months planning & preparation for the actual trip (no package holiday tours here!), raising the funds, praying everyday that war wouldn’t break out in Korea, surviving two crazy long flights on zero sleep, navigating around the Japanese cities of Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Tokyo & Hiroshima, getting up crazy early to get to some of these places before the hoards of mostly Chinese tourists arrive and generally walking & hiking until I couldn’t feel my feet anymore! I present to you ‘Me, Myself and Japan 2017 Trip!’ (and my camera of course… ;] )