Inari presides over Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto, the head shrine of over 30,000 Inari shrines across Japan, founded by the Hata clan in 711 on the slopes of the mountain where the kami first descended.
Fushimi Inari Taisha stands on the slopes of Mount Inari, where the Hata clan first established Inari worship in 711 CE. The shrine's famous torii tunnels wind through the mountain's forested paths to its three sacred peaks.
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