Fushimi Inari
See, I told you I'd continue!
Our second day we got up early and had toast! Mum was hoping the coffee came with free refills, but no such luck. I'd heard we should get to Fushimi Inari early in order to avoid the crowds, so we packed up our stuff and left it in the luggage room at the ryokan. Then we jumped on the train. When we got to our stop, it was a little later than I'd hoped to get there. There were a good number of people, but not overwhelming crowds. Phew! Street vendors were just starting to get their booths prepped. We looked around the base area of Fushimi Inari and then started our hike to the top. I hadn't researched too much about it, I'd just heard there were a lot of stairs. Yes, there were A LOT of stairs! So glad I don't ever bother with a stroller here, it would've been impossible here if we had one. Fushimi Inari is famous for the thousands of Tori gates that lead to the top. Generally a shrine will just have one or two. We took our time getting to the top, stopped to take pictures, rest, and enjoy the moment. There's no way I would do this in the summer. I got hot in March and it wasn't hot or humid yet. Power to those that do it in the summer. Yuck! It took us a couple of hours to do the round trip hike and by the time we got back to the bottom, it was PACKED! It felt completely different than when we arrived. We were so glad we got there early! We grabbed some snacks from the food vendors at the bottom; a rice ball wrapped in meat (delish!), okinomiyaki, and yakisoba! Mum LOVED the food. So glad! Then we jumped on the train and grabbed our luggage and headed back to Tokyo on the Shinkansen! Awesome trip to Kyoto!
Our second day we got up early and had toast! Mum was hoping the coffee came with free refills, but no such luck. I'd heard we should get to Fushimi Inari early in order to avoid the crowds, so we packed up our stuff and left it in the luggage room at the ryokan. Then we jumped on the train. When we got to our stop, it was a little later than I'd hoped to get there. There were a good number of people, but not overwhelming crowds. Phew! Street vendors were just starting to get their booths prepped. We looked around the base area of Fushimi Inari and then started our hike to the top. I hadn't researched too much about it, I'd just heard there were a lot of stairs. Yes, there were A LOT of stairs! So glad I don't ever bother with a stroller here, it would've been impossible here if we had one. Fushimi Inari is famous for the thousands of Tori gates that lead to the top. Generally a shrine will just have one or two. We took our time getting to the top, stopped to take pictures, rest, and enjoy the moment. There's no way I would do this in the summer. I got hot in March and it wasn't hot or humid yet. Power to those that do it in the summer. Yuck! It took us a couple of hours to do the round trip hike and by the time we got back to the bottom, it was PACKED! It felt completely different than when we arrived. We were so glad we got there early! We grabbed some snacks from the food vendors at the bottom; a rice ball wrapped in meat (delish!), okinomiyaki, and yakisoba! Mum LOVED the food. So glad! Then we jumped on the train and grabbed our luggage and headed back to Tokyo on the Shinkansen! Awesome trip to Kyoto!
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| So many girls would dress up and attempt to take model pictures. Mum found it hilarious! This girl wasn't dressed up, but she had some funny poses! |
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| A little detour off the normal path |
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| So many stairs... |
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| She decided to pray at this temple. You pay, ring the bell, clap twice, then bow and pray. |
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| We made it! You can sort of see the sign to the right on the bottom that says "No sitting!" There we only a handful of places you could stop and rest. We were surprised to see a lot of elderly people doing this! |
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| Post hike snacks! Rice ball wrapped in meat. |
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| This is like a pancake filled with custard or red bean paste. We got custard. Then went back for another...and almost for another. The cub ate a whole one! |
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