Fushimi Inari Taisha
Fushimi, Kyoto
- Daily
- Open all day
The grounds never close. Prayer requests are taken 8:30 to 16:30, and the amulet counter is open 8:00 to 18:00.
Source: ja.kyoto.travel, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Fushimi Inari Taisha is the head shrine of Japan's roughly 30,000 Inari shrines, and its deity was enshrined here in 711. Giving a torii, as a prayer or as thanks for one answered, was common by the start of the Edo period, and about 10,000 of them now line the paths up 233 m Mount Inari behind the main hall.
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Insider tip
The grounds never close and entry is free, so you can walk the torii tunnels at dawn or after dark. The main hall, rebuilt in 1499, is an Important Cultural Property. Eat and drink only in the marked rest areas, and don't stop for photos where the paths narrow.
What the guides say about Fushimi Inari Taisha
1. Fushimi Inari Taisha at dawn or after dark. About 10,000 torii line the paths up 233 m Mount Inari. The grounds never close and entry's free, so you can walk the tunnels at first light or after dark. Give it about two hours. The JR Nara Line gets you from Kyoto Station to Inari in about 9 minutes, and you'll come out by the shrine's big red torii.
In spring, Mimuroto-ji opens its azalea garden (about 20,000 plants) from 10 April to 9 May 2027, then its hydrangea garden from 29 May to 4 July (¥1,000). The JR Nara Line also stops at Inari, by the big torii of Fushimi Inari Taisha, so you can walk the torii at dawn and still be in Uji by mid-morning. The Fushimi guide covers that stop.
Fushimi, for the torii of Fushimi Inari Taisha at dawn. Most of the licensed places to stay in Fushimi Ward are guesthouses, hostels and rented houses, and about half are within a kilometre of the shrine.
What's on at Fushimi Inari Taisha
Upcoming events at Fushimi Inari Taisha, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
Hitaki-sai Fire Festival at Fushimi Inari
火焚祭
Time Rite from 13:00, kagura in the evening Station Inari (JR Nara Line), 1 min walk
After the rite in the main hall, priests burn well over 100,000 prayer sticks sent from all over Japan on three fires in the shrine garden while the purification prayer is chanted. In the evening the old court kagura dance is performed to gagaku in front of the main hall.
Thomas CUELHO, CC BY 2.0 Hatsuuma Festival at Fushimi Inari
初午大祭（伏見稲荷大社）
Time From 8:00 Station Inari (JR Nara Line), right outside the station
On the first horse day of February the shrine marks the day its god first came down on Inariyama, and it's one of its busiest days. People come for the shirushi no sugi, a cedar sprig charm for business and the home.
Thomas CUELHO, CC BY 2.0 Inari Matsuri
稲荷祭（伏見稲荷大社）
Time Departure 14:00 on 18 April, return 14:00 to 16:00 on 3 May Station Inari (JR Nara Line), right outside the station
The shrine's five mikoshi leave at 14:00 on the Sunday nearest 20 April for the otabisho in Nishikujo, southwest of Kyoto Station, and come home on 3 May with 30-odd decorated vehicles in the procession, stopping at To-ji on the way.
Thomas CUELHO, CC BY 2.0 Rice-planting Festival at Fushimi Inari
田植祭（伏見稲荷大社）
Time From 13:00 Station Inari (JR Nara Line), 1 min walk
After a rite in the main hall the ceremony moves to the shrine's sacred paddy, where young women called saotome plant the seedlings for the rice offered to the gods every day while the courtly Otamai dance is performed.
Thomas CUELHO, CC BY 2.0 Motomiya-sai at Fushimi Inari
本宮祭（伏見稲荷大社）
Time Eve rite 18:00, main rite 9:00 Station Inari (JR Nara Line), 1 min walk
On the eve, the stone lanterns and thousands of donated paper lanterns across the shrine and Inari mountain are lit, and about 400 lantern paintings by Japanese-style painters hang round the outer hall on both days. It's held on the first Sunday or holiday after the midsummer doyo begins.
Thomas CUELHO, CC BY 2.0 Nearby
Around Fushimi
Torii tunnels at dawn, then sake by the old castle moat
Fushimi is two trips in one. In the north, about 10,000 torii line the paths up Mount Inari behind Fushimi Inari Taisha, and the grounds never close, so you can walk them at dawn. Five stops south on the Keihan line, about 20 breweries still make sake in the old river port, and you can taste most of them in one alley.
Fushimi has 21 places on the Roam Kyoto map: 8 shrines and temples, 4 restaurants, 2 shops, 2 landmarks, 1 bar, 1 neighbourhood, 1 cafe, 1 museum and 1 bathhouse. Read the Fushimi guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Fushimi Inari Taisha?
- 68 Fukakusa Yabunouchi-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市伏見区深草薮之内町68番地).
- What are the opening hours of Fushimi Inari Taisha?
- Fushimi Inari Taisha is open all day. The grounds never close. Prayer requests are taken 8:30 to 16:30, and the amulet counter is open 8:00 to 18:00.
- How do I get to Fushimi Inari Taisha?
- The nearest station is Inari (JR Nara Line), Fushimi-Inari (Keihan). Fushimi Inari Taisha is in Fushimi, Kyoto.
- How much does Fushimi Inari Taisha cost?
- Nothing. Fushimi Inari Taisha is free to visit.
- How long do you need at Fushimi Inari Taisha?
- Plan for 2 hours.
- When is the best time to visit Fushimi Inari Taisha?
- Early morning or after dark.
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