Fushimi Inari Taisha: Shrine with Thousand Gates

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Sudah cukup lama aku tidak posting sesuatu di blog ini.

Hi how are you?

It's been a while since I post something on my blog.

Hari ini aku akan ceritakan tentang sebuah tempat bernama Fushimi Inari Taisha.

Sebuah kuil Shinto di Jepang, tepatnya terletak di kota Kyoto, yang memiliki banyak sekali torii, yaitu gerbang merah yang pada umumnya dijadikan sebagai gerbang sebuah kuil Shinto.

Today I'm gonna post about Fushimi Inari Taisha.

A Shinto shrine in Japan, located in Kyoto, which have a lot of Torii, red gates that most commonly found in a Shinto shrine .

Main gate of Fushimi Inari

Menurut ku, Fushimi Inari ini adalah salah satu tempat yang harus kamu kunjungi kalau berwisata ke Kyoto.

Berjalan diantara ribuan gerbang Torii membuat ku teringat akan film Memoirs of Geisha.

Yup! Lokasi ini adalah tempat Chiyo kecil berlari melewati gerbang-gerbang di salah satu adegan dalam film tentang geisha tersebut.

I think Fushimi Inari is a place you must visit if you go to Kyoto.

Walking through the thousand gates makes me remember about the movie Memoirs of Geisha.

Yup! This is the location where the scene of little Chiyo ran through the gates on the movie.

Aku mencoba terus berjalan melewati ribuan gerbang torii.

Jalurnya terus menanjak dengan banyak anak tangga yang cukup menguras tenaga.

I tried to keep walking through the thousand torii gates.

It was a path of stairway. I tried keep climbing up the stairs, but I ran out of energy.

Sampai aku mendapatkan pemandangan ini, aku sudah merasa puas dan berhenti menaiki anak tangganya.

When I saw this scenery, I feel satisfied enough and stopped climbing the stairs.

The map of Fushimi Inari

Sebenarnya jalurnya masih jauh menanjak ke atas, namun hari sudah semakin gelap.

Akhirnya aku dan kawan-kawan ku memutuskan untuk kembali turun.

Actually the path is still a long way uphill to the top, but the sky was getting dark.

So me and my friends decided to go back down.

This is Rian, one of my travel mate. Thanks to her for contributing lots of pictures on this blog :)

Katanya ada sekitar 10.000 gerbang torii di Fushimi Inari. Kebanyakan adalah sumbangan dari perusahaan-perusahaan yang ada di Jepang.

It was said that there are more than 10.000 torii gates in Fushimi Inari. Most of them are donated by companies in Japan.

Sebelum naik kereta kembali ke stasiun Kyoto kami mencicipi yakitori di kedai yang tidak jauh dari pintu keluar. Ada dua pilihan rasa, yaitu saus tare dan shio (garam).

Before riding train back to Kyoto station, we ate yakitori in a stall not far from the exit.

You can choose two flavor, tare sauce and shio (salt).

Notes:

• You can reach Fushimi Inari by train from Kyoto station around 25 minutes.
• If you decide to climb to the top, I recommend you to come before noon, so you have plenty of time before it's getting dark. (The path to the exit was a bit creepy because there are lots of spots that looks like graves)
• It's better to bring water incase you get thirsty and small towel or handkerchief to wipe your sweat.

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