20140403-20140409 Japan : Location Hunt - Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha. いなり、こんこん、恋いろは。


All the digital photos were taken with Canon EOS 5D Mk.II with EF 24-105 F4 L IS USM lens,
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Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha. いなり、こんこん、恋いろは。
Inari, Konkon , Koi Iroha. いなり、こんこん、恋いろは。 was a 10 episodes TV anime series aired between January and March 2014.
The main characters are Inari いなり, Uka-sama うか様, Kon コン, Kyouko 京子, Chika ちか, and Akemi 朱美.
I have not planned to do location hunt on this anime series. I just have a couple of hours before leaving for the airport, and decided to come to this tourist site to kill the time. Hence I have no screen print on hand to compare the actual scene with the anime scene.
Kyoto-fu Kyoto-shi Fushimi-ku Fukakusa-Yabunouchi-chou & Fukakusa-Inarionmae-chou 京都府京都市伏見区 深草藪之内町 & 深草稲荷御前町
Fushimi Inari Taisha 伏見稲荷大社 is the HQ of 30,000+ Inari Jinja 稲荷神社. It is famous for its 10,000+ red Torii 鳥居 (Bird Place, a place for god to rest), no admission fee, no closing hours, and very popular among overseas visitors. The Taisha uses fox as its mascot.

Translation of names :
Ema 絵馬 Kimono 着物 Torii 鳥居

The nearest train stations are Inari station 稲荷駅 of JR Nara Line 奈良線 & Fushimi Inari station 伏見稲荷駅 of Keihan Electric Railway 京阪電鉄 Keihan Main Line 京阪本線.
Front entrance Front entrance Front entrance
Front entrance Torii in front of the main front building Main front building
Pop of Uka-sama at the main front building Pop of Uka-sama at the main front building Poster of the anime featuring Kon, Inari and Uka-sama
Sakura blossom Torii shape Ema (wooden board for writing down wishes) Torii shape Ema
One of the buildings Start of the Torii tunnel Twin Torii tunnels
The left one of the twin Torii tunnels. The pair of newly-weds in Kimono are not Japanese. They come from Hong Kong The right one of the twin Torii tunnels The other side of the twin Torii tunnels
Another Torii tunnel. In fact, you can walk inside these tunnels to the top of the hill and back, which requires around 2 hours. Poster of the anime featuring Kon, Inari and Uka-sama; and a smaller poster for stamp rally Map of the Taisha
Fox shape Ema Fox shape Ema. The middle two of the middle row are Uka-sama and Amaterasu-sama Fox shape Ema. The central one is Ayanami Rei of Evangelion
Torii shape Ema waiting to be burnt Another Torii Regular shape Ema and bunches of Thousand paper cranes
   
Bunches of Thousand paper cranes