483 ~ Ichinomine Kamisha Cluster (Inariyama Peak)

 

Japanese Name: 一ノ峰上社
Romanized Reading: Ichinomine Kamisha
English Translation: First Peak Top Shrine
Cluster Size: Big
Deity: Inari
First Visit: 25-Dec-2018
Location: Kyoto-Fushimi, inside Mitsurugi-no-Taki
Address: 15 Inariyamakanyuchi, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto, 612-0804
Coordinates: 34.9671,135.7855

This is it. The topmost shrine of Inariyama, located a t the very peak at 233m above sea level. Not all that high, I know, but still the peak of the holy mountain. I took a very roundabout way to get here, but I am rewarded with a multitude of fox shrines. There's easily a hundred of them clustered side by side in concentric rings along terraces around the summit.

I'm now also back at the Torii road, which actually goes from the foot of the mountain all the way to the top, and then back another way to a crossroads, forming a noose of sorts. And there's also a store up here that sells these little popup Torii that you can place at your favorite shrine. I can actually watch people doing that right there and then.