I had been to Kyoto before, so this time I decided to go and visit Fushimi Inari shrine, which has a long path with torii’s leading up the mountain.
All the torii’s had an inscription on them. I wasn’t quite sure who donated them when I was there, but later I found out that the Inari is seen as the patron of business, and all these torii’s were donated by a Japanese business. I had been wanting to go there for quite some time (I think I saw the torii’s in a movie some time) and I quite enjoyed walking the mountain trials and visiting the small shrines.
Because I was in Kyoto anyway, I also went to a temple which was said to be known for it’s beautiful autumn foliage. Unfortunately it seemed I was too late in the season to see any of it (though it was quite warm on that day, I didn’t need to wear my coat while it was December), though the temples looked great anyway.
On that evening, my Nagoyan friends and I went downtown Nagoya and took a trip up the TV tower to watch the night view of the city.
