Fushimiinari Shrine

After missing out last time, we finally managed to make it to Fushimiinari Shrine with it's multitude of Torii gates. We lucked out as there was a festival of some sort going on and a number of ceremonies were being performed. SV was very interested, but MV wanted to explore the temple and its activities more. Paper cranes were amply represented here as well, however, the real fun was in ringing the bell and making a wish. There are heaps of gates and we only walked through a fraction of them before the girls found foxes to draw and offer wishes on. The fox is the spirit animal of this temple and both SV and MV were absorbed in their task before finding a bamboo grove. The discovery of the grove which we had to ourselves was really nice and unexpected. Alas it was time to make our way back through the Torii gates and grab ourselves a snack.