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May 30th, 2008 12:54am JST (3 months ago)

Anthony climbs steps at the Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto Japan (伏見稲荷大社)

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm — ¹/160 sec, f/2.8, ISO 400 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Endless
at least, seemingly so

A line of black and orange shrine gates, as seen from the side, at the Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto Japan (伏見稲荷大社)

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 48 mm — ¹/80 sec, f/2.8, ISO 640 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Hodgepodge

Here are a few more pics from the early part of my visit to Kyoto's Fushimi Inari Shrine (伏見稲荷大社) with Anthony yesterday....

The front-left entrance to the Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto Japan (伏見稲荷大社)

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm — ¹/1000 sec, f/7.1, ISO 200 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Arrival

Anthony checks the GPS while on the grounds of the main part of the Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto Japan (伏見稲荷大社)

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm — ¹/640 sec, f/7.1, ISO 200 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Carefully Checking the GPS

A lovely thached roof on a minor shrine sub-building, at the Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto Japan (伏見稲荷大社)

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 30 mm — ¹/320 sec, f/6.3, ISO 200 — full exif & map — nearby photos
I Love This Kind of Roof

I tend to take pictures of them whenever I see them (all the time), so I'm surprised that they've appeared on my blog only three times in the past, in posts about Arashiyama, Giouji Temple, and Konpukuji Temple (update: and Miyajima).

Part of yesterday's Elaborate Sub-Shrine facing the pretty lake....

Part of a shirne overlooks a lake, at the Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto Japan (伏見稲荷大社)

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 38 mm — ¹/400 sec, f/3.5, ISO 400 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Scenic Overlook

A bright orange rack of shrine-gate-shaped offerings, at the Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto Japan (伏見稲荷大社)

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 38 mm — ¹/200 sec, f/4.5, ISO 400 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Rack of Offerings

I really liked the rack of gate offerings, as (I think) they made for some great imagery.

The real gates weren't so bad themselves, of course; with paths leading every which way, a fresh perspective was always presenting itself.

A line of shrine gates seems to extend almost to infinity, at the Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto Japan (伏見稲荷大社)

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 22 mm — ¹/125 sec, f/3.5, ISO 400 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Go Straight
Then hang a right at the orange gate

A large pile of offertory mini shrine gates is inexplicitly stacked near the edge of a small ravine, at the Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto Japan (伏見稲荷大社)

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm — ¹/20 sec, f/3.5, ISO 640 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Large Stack of Freshly-Painted Gate Offerings
lying – I have no idea why – at the top edge of a small ravine

Looking from the other side, writing can be seen on all the shrine gates at the Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto Japan (伏見稲荷大社)

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 24 mm — ¹/30 sec, f/2.8, ISO 640 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Looking Back
you see the sides with all the writing
(Front to back, the first four were erected in 2004, 1991, 2001, and 1995, respectively)

Rotted-out stumps where shrine gates used to be anchored are a common site at the Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto Japan (伏見稲荷大社)

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm — ¹/50 sec, f/2.8, ISO 640 — full exif & map — nearby photos
memories of
Fallen Comrades

Anthony points to the date on a stone shrine gate (one of perhaps a few dozen among the thousands of wooden gates), dated 1914, at the Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto Japan (伏見稲荷大社)

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm — ¹/30 sec, f/2.8, ISO 640 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Yes, I See It Too
April, 1914

Followups and related posts:

May	18th,	2007	Revisiting Kyoto Temples in Autumn
June	16th,	2007	Giouji Temple Part 2: Gate and Walls
June	21st,	2007	Lawrence Solum, and Random Pics from Arashiyama
May	28th,	2008	Kyoto's Dazzling Fushimi Inari Shrine
May	31st,	2008	Fushimi Inari Shrine: Foxes, Treasure, and More....
June	19th,	2008	Fushimi Inari Shrine: Generations
July	12th,	2008	The Beauty of a Weathered Shrine Roof

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