Fushimi Castle was built by Hideyoshi on Mount Fushimiyama, also known as Kohatayama, after Shigetsu-Fushimi Castle just nearby was leveled by the Keicho Earthquake in 1596.

Perched on a wooded hillside in southern Kyoto, Fushimi Inari is a 1,300-year-old temple dedicated to Inari, the Shinto deity of rice and sake (Japanese rice wine). The shrine complex dates back ...

Historical documents that mention Shigetsu-Fushimi Castle (Shigetsu Castle), which was leveled by the Keicho Fushimi Earthquake in 1596, give virtually no clue to its location or structure.

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Fushimi Inari Taisha is famous for the vermillion shrine gates that line mountain paths. As the head Inari shrine, it has 30,000 subordinate shrines throughout Japan.

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