Inari first descended upon Mount Inari's peaks when a rice cake shot skyward transformed into a white bird and alighted on the summit, sprouting rice where it landed — the three peaks of the mountain are venerated as the kami's abode, each summit a seat of divine power.
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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