that its two-story entry gate was built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The shrine draws several million worshipers over the Japanese New Year, 2.69 million for 3 days in 2006 reported by the police, the most in western Japan. Access The shrine is just outside the Inari Station on the Nara Line of the West Japan Railway Company (JR), a five-minute ride from Kyoto Station. It is a short walk from Fushimi-Inari Station on the Main Line of the Keihan Electric Railway. The shrine is open 24 hours with both the approach to the shrine and the itself illuminated all night. There is no entrance fee. Environs In the approach to the shrine are a number of sweet shops selling , a form of fortune cookie dating at least to the 19th century, and which are believed by some to be the origin of the American fortune cookie. In popular culture Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) Aria the Natural ep. 5 (2006) Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha (2010) Rurouni Kenshin, site of Makoto Shishio's base Kamen Rider Fourze ep. 33 (2012) Samsara (2011 film) (2011) High School Inari Tamamo-chan' ', where the main character a fox spirit came from along with her siblings. A part of the Noh play Kokaji takes place in Fushimi Inari-taisha''. Image gallery See also List of Shinto shrines Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines Twenty-Two Shrines References Citations Bibliography Breen, John and Mark Teeuwen. (2000). Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (1998). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). Studies in Shinto and Shrines. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 399449 Ponsonby-Fane, Richard (1959). The Imperial House of Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 194887 Smyers, Karen A. (1997). Inari pilgrimage: Following one’s path on the mountain, Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 24 (3–4), 427–452 External links Official Site Official Site Photographs of Fushimi Inari-taisha Accessibility information Important Cultural Properties of Japan Inari shrines Shinto shrines in Kyoto Kanpei-taisha