Guide to Fushimi Inari: How to see all the red gates 

I actually took a detour right before the Senbon Torii and hiked up the side road that is full of tombstones right up to the summit. Then I headed down to finish it. It is a great alternative since you avoid all the stairs up!

This is the place I'm most excited about visiting in Kyoto! I'm planning to go in the evening so it's quieter (and looks all pretty at sunset!).

Another top not notch video Andrew! If I was without the kids, I'd go for the top. With the kids... I think that's a no go :-) I've been to Kyoto a few times and have never been to Fushimi Inari Taisha, but thanks to your vid, I'll be sure to see it next time. Keep up the awesome work!

I am young and enjoy exercise so I went to the top, and it was a nice hike, although much less crowded, few kids and seniors up there, also maybe more sparsely decorated. Still, worth going since that is probably your main stop that day.

I went to Kyoto in 2010 and somehow forgot to go here. Been kicking myself ever since. Going back to Japan in April and have been trying to decide whether to do a day trip to Kyoto.

I’m visiting Kyoto now and heading to the shrine shortly. This video got me fired up. Well done video and thanks!!

That looks like such a spiritual and inspirational place. I would definitely go all the way to the top when I will go there one day.

Beautiful. As usual. This will be one of my mandatory stops in Kyoto

Ive been here too. Thanks for the memories

Great video. And I love how you describe everything at the beginning with illustrations - it's very informative and it gives a broader image of things. Thank you!

Beautiful video. I've always wanted to visit Japan, and your videos just make me want to go so much more. The country looks so beautiful. I basically just save all of your videos to a playlist for future reference of where to visit.

Nice editing and filming again !!! My bf envies your skills :)

Sometime also I cannot decide whether to go all the way to the top of the mountain or not... because it would be a lot of work. Whole mountain is not only good walking course for strengthening my legs and lower back but also it is holy place where the deities living in the nature and humans can all be together as one. So It is worth climbing up holy mountain to make me feel refreshed and renewed.

Great I'll update my bucket list

謝謝分享在台灣收看，平安。

I would surely visit the top of the mountain if I had a chance to go there. Beautiful place.

Cool and Nice Video! I think that people who go to the Fushimi-Inari shrine should go to the top anyway. Because the whole mountain is the sacred area.

This was my absolute favourite place in Kyoto (possibly even Japan) although I'm kinda sad we didn't reach the top, it was getting darker and starting to rain before we even got halfway so we decided to turn back but if I ever go back I'm definitely hiking to the top!

I never made it all the way to the top. But I do have a funny/embarrassing story: I got all the way up to the Yotsutsuji Intersection, then decided to turn back around (I'm not in the best shape). So I went down what I thought was the exit... It turns out it was a side path that went AROUND the mountain (or at least it felt like it), and I wound up in a suburb completely lost! I found my way back onto a path, with help from some locals, and climbed up the steepest path I had ever climbed in my life. I eventually began to hear voices in the distance, and I began to pass people. I thought I was finally nearing the main shrine at the bottom (yes, I know I said I was climbing up, don't ask how I came to this conclusion, I don't even know now). With a final push, I made it back, sweaty and exhausted... back at Yotsutsuji Intersection... Yeah, I went back to my hotel immediately afterward and played my Switch. My feet hurt and I had no energy left lol. I'm glad I went, though. Seeing all of those small Shinto shrines sprinkled throughout the paths was utterly breathtaking. I had completely forgotten they were there (I've seen almost all of your videos), and it was an amazing surprise when I found them. 9/10, would visit again... after I get better shoes to climb in.

You definitely are one of the greatest videographer on youtube, i really like how you pack this video, beautiful and very informative. Maybe you could make a video about how you made your video, you know like "behind the scenes", i think a lot of people will like it lol.

Yes, I went to the top. It was worth it.

Seeing these Shrines and Temples of other sects is all I need do. When I get to Japan I will be going most importantly to The Hall of the Great Vow for Kosen Rufu in Tokyo. And then see as many Culture, Community and Personal Community Centers as possible across Japan.

Nice video. I like your description style.

Another stunning video! The cooments and like/dislike ratio seems to agree with me as well. This is definitely on my "to visit" list for when I move to Japan next year.

Excellent work! Well done! Great editing and cinematography. I love your techniques with shallow depth of field in some areas where you high light the details. I also like your camera movements very professional.

Wow! I just recently discovered you (I think maybe via gimmeabreakman) and I must say: I am totally amazed. The quality, the editing, the graphics everything is just beautiful. Are you a professional filmmaker? At the same time it is also really informative and you are a great host. But what amazed me the most was the atmosphere that you captured in your video. It touched me really and the title Happy in Japan really suits your videos. It is a refreshing new point of view of Japan. I think that the jvlogging community became really boring when you look at the "successful" jvloggers and I hope that youtuber like you will get a bigger audience! So please keep up your amazing work!

What a nice view ! Thanks for the video

Wow, what a great video!! Well done :D I will definitely go to the top of the mountain, I can't wait to be there next month!!

always go to the top. love the camera work on that long shot in the gates

Really enjoyable video! Loved the time lapses. Thank you Andrew!

Hey, awesome video! It brought back so many memories of my trip to this beautiful shrine. I did the full tour and wasn't disappointed. :)

Went all the way to the top when I visited in November 2017!

Amazing video! Just subbed. Now I have to go and watch all your videos haha! :-) I went up all the way. The nice thing is that the further up you go the quieter it gets. It just gives you a better chance to really enjoy the scenery. Definetly a must visit place in Kyoto!

God your videos are all so amazing! I loved that last time lapse shot of the city; keep up the great work. 👍 ⛩

Great looking video as always. I have only gone once and we didn't go to the top. Actually we didn't have enough time to go. So, I would like to go to the top sometime.

Beautiful video, absolutely loved it. Thank you

Damn I wish I could film footage half as good as this! I went hakf way up since we had a super tight schedule, but if I had had the time, I would have gone all the way up

Beautiful!

いつ日本へ来たの？あなたが日本を離れる時、友達といっしょに行った「自転車、日本縦断の旅」も見て、感動しました！(‘ェ‘)

Alliteration A fun way to commentate Great video, man

you went to that place in the documentary

It is so hard to take pictures there with no people. Always have to be quick and ready when seeing a certain spot with no people to make a good picture happen

I've visited 伏見稲荷大社 twice and I'd say that going to the top all depends on your plans. If you can make the time I would highly recommend going all the way to the top, you can get some great views, eat some great food along the way and plus doesn't it just feel good to reach the top of any mountain? However if you have other activities planned in 京都 on the same day or your time in the city is short then it might be alright just snapping a few pics and then leaving.

Thank you for your great video ;)

Go to the Top! does not take long to do and whens the next time your going too be there? really love this place, was one of the highlights for me from my time in Kyoto :)

i love your videos!! amazing skills

伏見稲荷良いですね。 また日本に来てくださいお待ちしてます。😊 ⛩⛩⛩⛩⛩⛩⛩⛩⛩⛩⛩⛩⛩⛩⛩⛩⛩⛩⛩⛩⛩⛩⛩⛩⛩⛩⛩⛩

いつもイラストが素敵で停止して観てしまいます！　私の街京都を美しい映像で紹介して頂きありがとうございます！　次も楽しみです!(^^)!

I completely hope to make it to the top of the mountain on March 31st, 2019 I wish to complete my entire journey in 4 hours

I would go all the way up but I'm also the type of person who would spend the whole day at one place to see it from sunrise to sunset.

Another amazing video! I would definitely go to the very top of the mountain. Do you do the animations yourself?

Nice video and editing....what software do you use for editing your videos?

Did u know dat this place is in the Carmen sandeigo theme song for Netflix?

I'd go all the way, for sure, probably a few times a week. Seems like great exercise :D

Hah I have been there too! One of the places in the rest stop has some delicious lemon ice cream. I went all the way to the top as well! It takes a while but it's totally fun! Did you go to the floating Tori? I assume you did. That place is awesome too.

how are you getting steady shots while moving? are you using a rig? stabilizer?

How far up do you need to go to do the red arch wish cards?

いいね👍😊

Does it takes a long time to go all the way to the top? I was planning on doing Fushimi inari + Daigo ji + To ji temple on the same day... do you know is this possible??? =S

Hi I am doing a Documentary and I would like to know if I could use 10 seconds of your footage (giving you credits of course) thanks

3:09 Anyone knows where can I buy that bag? I need it in my life. 😭😭😭 Btw nice video! Going here on the 24th of Jan 2020. ⛩

Hi, did u use a stabiliser for the video?

common mistakes everywhere

Nice editing and filming again !!! My bf envies your skills :)

Fantastic video! Fushimi Inari Taisha is in my Top 3 favourite places of Japan. My two tips for visitors would be. Be at the Yotsutsuji intersection for views of the sunset. Each time I've been the sunsets have been beautiful. Visit early just after sunrise. This is the perfect time to get a selfie with the torii gates as there is hardly anyone around. And there is just something mystical about walking around the shrine grounds at this time of the day.

Damnnn this is perfectly shot!

Beautiful video, it made me feel a nostalgia from my visit. I didn't make it all he way to the top when I went, I stopped at the rest stop midway. It was the day after I had climbed Mt Fuji to watch the sunrise, so I probably bit off more than I can chew. How was the food? And did that guy photobomb your time laps?

Amazing video as always! The past two times I've been Fushimi Inari I went to the top and the next time I go I'll probably also go to the top. It is a spiritual process for me and sort of like completing the mission. I just can't go half way. lol.

I went in the summer... And it's a mountain... a climb... Went to the top and I'm soooo thankful for the vending machines with sports drinks. I still think it's worth visiting to the top, coming up a trail and down the other.

i just discovered your channel few weeks ago .... i love your videos :3 great job

日本人ですが、頂上があることは知りませんでした！今まで途中地点を頂上だと勘違いしてました(^_^;)次はぜひ頂上登までのぼりたいです！(^o^)

Amazing video. Your videos are always so well done. Keep up the good work!

Outstanding work! Love the camera angles and the color grade. Did you use a motorized slider for some of the shots?

Great vid!! So is it better to visit there in the evening for a less crowded visit and stay until darkness to take cool pictures??

Your videos are sooo nice! I mean I haven't even finished and I already loveeeeeeee it!

Your videos are beautiful! Can you share a bit about the filming/editing technique/software/equipment used?

I would travel all the way to the top for my first time just to know I've done it all.. Amazing video btw. :) Already forward to your next video.

Lol at 2:40 I wrote I need some Jordan's

Have to make it all the way to the top

why hasn't youtube made a "love" button yet? cause like is not strong enough for me! this video is awesome. pro tip: try to get to fushimi inari before 8-9am. it gets craaaaazy busy and impossible to get pictures without bodies crowding it up.

Your videos are so beautiful, they always make me teary! I been using them to convince my boyfriend to visit places that he's not really interested in. We have a very tight schedule and he thinks that just one day in Kyoto will do, but I know that I need at least 2. He doesn't care much for Fushimi Inari Taisha, but after this vid, he'll HAVE to! Does it take all day to get to the top? More than half a day? Thank you!

I didn't go all the way to the top coz I was rushing to go to as many places as possible... Now I wish I took more time to enjoy this place.

Visited there back in May this year and only made it to Yotsutsuji Intersection because it was way to hot already... but the view was well worth it. And we found a cute cat strolling between the graves :)

Incredibly well done, absolutely loved it!!!

Nice video. Having been there going to the top felt less important to me having seen plenty of shrines by then but at least I can say I went to the top. The green tea ice cream at the 2nd shrine stop (With a view over the city) was pretty awesome.

Topnotch editing! Wow!

Thanks a lot. Your videos are so helpful

Oh yeah, I went to the top of the mountain.