The walk to the summit of Mount Inari rises 233m in elevation. The path follows a trail between the iconic orange torii gates through the shrine itself to the summit. Time needed: About 3 hours. Distance: 5km. Difficulty: Moderate. Start point: Fushimi-Inari Station on the Keihan Line or Inari Station on the JR Nara Line.
Our most recommended Fushimi Inari Taisha Night tours. 1. Kyoto and Nara 1 Day Bus Tour from Osaka/Kyoto. Depart from the exclusive VIP waiting rooms of Osaka or Kyoto, heading to Fushimi Inari Taisha. Designated as an Important Cultural Property, the main shrine building contains five shrines together, these five pillars of Fushimi Inari Fushimi Inari Taisha is a famous shrine in Kyoto: on Instagram there are over 74,000 pictures showing the thousand torii gates. We can well say that it’s one of the most popular instagrammable spots in Japan, but more often than not tourists tend to forget that this is a sacred place, not only a cool area to take the perfect insta-shot The Fushimi-ku is well known for the Fushimi-inari-taisha (shrine) with many red toriis (shrine gates) all close together! The Daigoji-temple and the river Uji area are also nice sightseeing spots. It is called, the town of water or the port-town. It is a little far away from the center of Kyoto, so its composed townscape is characteristic.