Our family visited Fushimi Inari last summer on a rainy June day. We hiked up as long as we could - through thousands of the red torii that formed "tunnels" up the hillside. The rain ran in rivers down the stone steps and there were very few visitors around. It was almost as dark as night time because of the cloud cover and the trees ...

This shrine isn't well advertised, if it wasn't for the movie, Memoirs of a Geisha, I wouldn't have known it was there. I had to see this place on my visit last week! It's as stunning as you seen in the movie and pictures. It's a bit of a hike to the top (I got lost) but stay on the path and you'll do fine (I didn't). It's beautiful!