{"id":561,"date":"2026-09-20T02:50:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T02:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/?p=561"},"modified":"2026-10-17T16:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T16:38:17","slug":"red-torii-gates-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/ko\/red-torii-gates-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Torii Gates: 5 Best Shrines Without the Crowds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Prices and hours verified September 2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fushimi Inari is the one everyone knows, roughly <strong>10,000 torii<\/strong> across the whole mountain according to Nikkei, with the famous Senbon Torii tunnel forming just one stretch of it. It is also, by mid morning, a queue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are quieter alternatives. But quieter needs checking, because <strong>one of the most recommended alternatives is now so busy that it closes at weekends for eight months of the year<\/strong>, and during those closures you cannot walk through its gates at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are five shrines with tunnels of red torii gates, what each actually costs and opens, and which ones you can walk through on the day you turn up. Verified 15 September 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Read This First: Motonosumi\u2019s Weekend Closures<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The seaside shrine with 123 torii running down to the water is the image that sells every one of these articles. Before you plan around it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>From March to November 2026, Motonosumi Inari is closed to worshippers on Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, Golden Week and Obon.<\/strong> During those closures <strong>you cannot pass through the torii<\/strong>, you can only view and photograph them from the Ry\u016bg\u016b no Shiofuki side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two more changes worth knowing. <strong>Opening hours moved on 1 August<\/strong> from 07:00 to <strong>09:30 to 16:30<\/strong>, which ends the early morning empty gates shot. And <strong>the famous offering box on top of the great torii has been removed<\/strong>, with no plan to reinstall it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reason for all of this is traffic congestion on the surrounding roads. Which is the honest headline: <strong>the most recommended hidden torii shrine in Japan is now managed like an overcrowded one.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. Hie Shrine, Tokyo<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-11-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"The main gate of Hie Shrine in Nagatacho, Tokyo, with an office tower behind it\" class=\"wp-image-563\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4962593516209477;width:600px;height:auto\" title=\"The main gate of Hie Shrine in Nagatacho, Tokyo, with an office tower behind it\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-11-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-11-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-11-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-11-16x12.jpeg 16w, https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-11-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-11.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the hill between Akasaka and Nagatach\u014d, with a history reaching back to the Kamakura period. Within the grounds sits <strong>Sann\u014d Inari Jinja<\/strong>, and behind it a staircase climbing under <strong>90 red torii gates<\/strong>, a proper tunnel of vermilion in the middle of political Tokyo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\uc5b4\ub514:<\/strong> 2-10-5 Nagatach\u014d, Chiyoda-ku. Akasaka Station exit 2 on the Chiyoda Line, 3 minutes; Tameike-Sann\u014d exit 7, 3 minutes; Kokkai-gijid\u014d-mae exit 5, 5 minutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\uc2dc\uac04:<\/strong> 06:00 to 17:00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\uac00\uaca9:<\/strong> \ubb34\ub8cc<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\uacf5\uc2dd \uc0ac\uc774\ud2b8:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiejinja.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hie Shrine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udca1 <strong>Japan Pro Tip: It opens at 06:00.<\/strong> That is the whole trick with this one. You can photograph a 90 gate tunnel with nobody in it before breakfast, in central Tokyo, for free, and be at work or on a train by nine. No other shrine on this list offers that. Come at lunchtime and you are sharing it with office workers from Nagatach\u014d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The approach from the Sann\u014d-bashi side is the one with the escalator, which matters if you are carrying luggage or travelling with anyone who would rather not take the stairs. Confirm which entrance you want before you set off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. Nogi Shrine, Tokyo<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-13-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"Red torii gates over stone steps at Akasaka Oji Inari Shrine inside Nogi Shrine\" class=\"wp-image-564\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4962593516209477;width:600px;height:auto\" title=\"Red torii gates over stone steps at Akasaka Oji Inari Shrine inside Nogi Shrine\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-13-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-13-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-13-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-13-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-13-16x12.jpeg 16w, https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-13.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Small, quiet and genuinely local, ten minutes on foot from Hie. Within the grounds, <strong>Akasaka \u014cji Inari Shrine<\/strong> has a short staircase winding up beneath red gates, a compact version of the same idea, and one that almost no visitors reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\uc5b4\ub514:<\/strong> Akasaka, Minato-ku, nearest station Nogizaka<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\uac00\uaca9:<\/strong> \ubb34\ub8cc<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udca1 <strong>\uc77c\ubcf8\uc758 \ud301:<\/strong> Pair it with Hie. They are close enough to walk between, and doing both gives you two completely different scales of the same thing, a grand ceremonial staircase and a tiny neighbourhood one, in a single morning. Nogi is the one where you will be alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Fukutoku Inari Shrine, Yamaguchi<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-12-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"The great torii and fox statues at the entrance to Fukutoku Inari Shrine\" class=\"wp-image-565\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4962593516209477;width:600px;height:auto\" title=\"The great torii and fox statues at the entrance to Fukutoku Inari Shrine\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-12-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-12-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-12-767x511.jpeg 767w, https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-12-18x12.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-12-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-12.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is the one that actually delivers what these articles promise. On the coast at Shimonoseki, a long run of vermilion torii descends the hillside toward the Hibiki-nada sea, with a great gate framing the water and mountains beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\uc5b4\ub514:<\/strong> 2960 \u014caza Uga, Toyoura-ch\u014d, Shimonoseki. JR San\u2019in Line to Yutama Station, then about 1.2 km; or Blue Line bus to Fukutoku Inari-mae; by car, about 8 km north of Kawatana Onsen on Route 191, roughly 15 minutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\uc2dc\uac04:<\/strong> grounds open freely; shrine office 08:00 to 17:00, goshuin 09:30 to 16:00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\uac00\uaca9:<\/strong> free, with 30 free parking spaces<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\uacf5\uc2dd \uc0ac\uc774\ud2b8:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukutokuinari.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fukutoku Inari Shrine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udca1 <strong>Japan Pro Tip: This is the substitute for Motonosumi, and it is about 40 km down the same coast.<\/strong> Free entry, free parking, open grounds, no weekend closures, no time limit. Everything Motonosumi has stopped being. If you have travelled to Yamaguchi for seaside torii and your dates fall on a weekend, come here instead and you will get the photograph, the sea view and an empty path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4. Motonosumi Inari Shrine, Yamaguchi<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>123 red torii<\/strong> on a steep, winding path down toward the sea at Nagato, on a stretch of coast that genuinely is spectacular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\uc5b4\ub514:<\/strong> Nagato, Yamaguchi. About 20 minutes by taxi from Nagato-Furuichi or JR Hitomaru stations; about 60 minutes by car from Mine IC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\uc2dc\uac04:<\/strong> 09:30 to 16:30, changed from 07:00 on 1 August<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\ud3d0\uc1c4:<\/strong> Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, Golden Week and Obon, March to November 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\uc8fc\ucc28:<\/strong> paid, \u00a5300 for the first hour, \u00a5100 per hour after, \u00a5500 maximum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udca1 <strong>\uc77c\ubcf8\uc758 \ud301:<\/strong> If your dates work, go on a <strong>weekday morning<\/strong> and you will have it. If they do not, <strong>do not drive out here on a Saturday<\/strong>. It is an hour from the expressway to stand outside a shrine you cannot enter. The shop and car park stay open during closures, so plenty of people arrive, discover the situation, and photograph the gates from the headland. That is a long way to go for a view you could have planned for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>5. Takayama Inari Shrine, Aomori<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-14-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"Serpentine rows of red torii gates winding through the garden at Takayama Inari Shrine\" class=\"wp-image-566\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4962593516209477;width:600px;height:auto\" title=\"Serpentine rows of red torii gates winding through the garden at Takayama Inari Shrine\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-14-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-14-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-14-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-14-16x12.jpeg 16w, https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-14-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-14.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Called the Fushimi Inari of the north, and the most beautiful of these by some distance: hundreds of red torii curving in serpentine loops through a landscaped Japanese garden, around ponds, up a small hill. It looks unreal in photographs and better in person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\uc5b4\ub514:<\/strong> 147-1 Washinosawa, Ushigata-machi, Tsugaru, Aomori<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\ub3c4\ucc29\ud558\ub294 \ubc29\ubc95:<\/strong> from Goshogawara Station, the K\u014dnan Bus Kodomari line takes about 40 minutes to Takayama Jinja Iriguchi, and then you need a taxi for the last five minutes. By car it is about 30 minutes from Goshogawara<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\uac00\uaca9:<\/strong> \ubb34\ub8cc<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\uacf5\uc2dd \uc0ac\uc774\ud2b8:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/takayamainari.jp\/access\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Takayama Inari Shrine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udca1 <strong>\uc77c\ubcf8\uc758 \ud301:<\/strong> The bus does not take you to the shrine, it takes you to the entrance road, and you need a taxi from there. In rural Aomori that is not something to sort out on arrival. <strong>If there are two of you, take a taxi the whole way from Goshogawara<\/strong>. It is 30 minutes and removes the problem entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-15-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"The torii loops and red bridge at Takayama Inari Shrine in autumn\" class=\"wp-image-567\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4962593516209477;width:600px;height:auto\" title=\"The torii loops and red bridge at Takayama Inari Shrine in autumn\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-15-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-15-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-15-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-15-18x12.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-15-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-15.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two more things. The main approach is <strong>96 steep steps<\/strong>, but there is a gentler <em>onna-zaka<\/em> route that loops around. Take it if stairs are an issue, it reaches the same place. And <strong>winter is genuinely worth it<\/strong>: vermilion against deep snow with the ponds frozen, described by Aomori\u2019s tourism board as looking like an ink painting. Tsugaru snow is serious, so watch your footing and wear proper boots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Red Torii Gates At a Glance<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Shrine<\/th><th>\uc5b4\ub514\uc5d0<\/th><th>Gates<\/th><th>Open<\/th><th>Catch<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Hie<\/strong><\/td><td>\ub3c4\ucfc4<\/td><td>90<\/td><td>06:00 to 17:00, free<\/td><td>None, easiest on the list<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Nogi<\/strong><\/td><td>\ub3c4\ucfc4<\/td><td>Short run<\/td><td>\ubb34\ub8cc<\/td><td>Small, pair it with Hie<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Fukutoku Inari<\/strong><\/td><td>Shimonoseki<\/td><td>Long run to the sea<\/td><td>Grounds free<\/td><td>Remote, but genuinely open<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Motonosumi<\/strong><\/td><td>Nagato<\/td><td>123<\/td><td>09:30 to 16:30, paid parking<\/td><td><strong>Closed weekends Mar to Nov<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Takayama Inari<\/strong><\/td><td>\uc544\uc624\ubaa8\ub9ac<\/td><td>Hundreds<\/td><td>\ubb34\ub8cc<\/td><td>Bus plus taxi, 96 steps<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Which Should You Go To?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>If you are in Tokyo and have an hour:<\/strong> Hie Shrine at 06:00. Nothing else on this list is that easy or that empty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>If you want the seaside shot:<\/strong> Fukutoku Inari, not Motonosumi, unless your dates fall on a weekday and you are happy with a 09:30 start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>If you want the best one and do not mind the journey:<\/strong> Takayama Inari in Aomori. It is the most extraordinary of the five and the hardest to reach, which is exactly why it stays quiet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>If you are already going to Aomori:<\/strong> pair it with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/ko\/oirase-gorge-autumn-foliage\/\">Oirase Gorge<\/a>. Both are in the same prefecture, and autumn suits both. Takayama Inari also sits inside the 13 November window in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/ko\/japan-autumn-foliage-forecast-2026\/\">autumn foliage forecast<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>FA<\/strong>Q<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"rank-math-faq\" class=\"rank-math-block\">\n<div class=\"rank-math-list\">\n<div id=\"faq-question-1789872368331\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\"><strong>Can you visit Motonosumi Inari Shrine at weekends?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>Not between March and November 2026. Visiting is suspended on Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, Golden Week and Obon, and during those closures you cannot pass through the torii, only view them from the Ry\u016bg\u016b no Shiofuki side. Weekday hours are 09:30 to 16:30.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1789872378063\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\"><strong>Is the Motonosumi offering box still there?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>No. The offering box on top of the great torii, which visitors threw coins into, has been removed and there are no plans to reinstall it.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1789872389163\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\"><strong>What is the best alternative to Fushimi Inari?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>In Tokyo, Hie Shrine\u2019s Sann\u014d Inari with 90 gates, open from 06:00 and free. Nationally, Takayama Inari in Aomori is the most spectacular. For seaside red torii gates in Yamaguchi, Fukutoku Inari is open and free while Motonosumi has weekend closures.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1789872403263\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\"><strong>How many torii gates does Fushimi Inari have?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>Around 10,000 across the whole mountain according to Nikkei, of which the well known Senbon Torii tunnel is one section. Counts vary between sources because gates are continually donated and replaced.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1789872424704\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\"><strong>Are these shrines free to visit?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>Yes, all five. Motonosumi charges for parking, \u00a5300 for the first hour up to a \u00a5500 maximum, and Takayama Inari requires a taxi for the final stretch if you arrive by bus.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1789872436096\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\"><strong>How do you get to Takayama Inari Shrine?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>From Goshogawara Station, take the K\u014dnan Bus Kodomari line about 40 minutes to Takayama Jinja Iriguchi, then a taxi for the last five minutes. By car it is about 30 minutes from Goshogawara. The bus does not reach the shrine itself.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1789872455147\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\"><strong>Can you visit Takayama Inari in winter?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>Yes, and the red gates against deep snow are a reason to go rather than a reason to avoid it. Tsugaru winters bring heavy snow, so wear proper boots and take the gentler onna-zaka route rather than the 96 steps.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1789872465513\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\"><strong>Which torii shrine is easiest to reach from Tokyo?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>Hie Shrine, three minutes from Akasaka Station and open from 06:00. Nogi Shrine is a ten minute walk away and can be combined with it.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Check Before You Travel<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four of these five you can simply turn up to. The fifth, the one on every list, you cannot, for more than half the week, for most of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is the whole point of checking. If you are building the rest of a Tokyo trip around the two city shrines, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejapanpro.com\/blog\/ko\/tokyo-bucket-list-walkable-routes\/\">\ub3c4\ucfc4\uc758 \ubca0\uc2a4\ud2b8 \ubaa9\ub85d<\/a> covers the city in walkable half days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Last verified:<\/strong> 15 September 2026, against Nagato City, Yamaguchi Prefecture and Aomori Prefecture official information and each shrine\u2019s own site.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fushimi Inari has 10,000 gates and a queue. 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