...active led me here, to Fushimi-Taisha. This is again a shrine, but one that was up a mountain lined with 30`000 tori gates. Plus it was dedicated to the gods of sake and rice. It was a good change of pace and once you hit the halfway point and people opt to take the opportunity to go down the smaller route. You get a chance for a bit of solitude, a bit of time away from the endless crowds. I did bump into one old couple who started chatting away to me, asking where i was from and where i was going, and after asking for a picture with me, i pushed on to reach the summit.
The route is broken up with these little shrines that mostly consist of stone foxes with little red bibs on, foxes are believed to have the power to possess humans in Japanese mythology, so there was something kind of creepy walking through them with no-one else around. I finished far earlier than i thought i would. I was expecting it to take most the day but by 1\2ish i was down and ready to head back. I was thinking of heading to the imperial palace parks and relax there. Which incidentally is where i`m writing this now. But as i was half way to Nara already and pretty much had an entire day left, i got off the train heading back to Kyoto and 5 mins later was going back the way i came and onto Nara. God i love the JR railways and this pass.
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"one old couple who started chatting away to me, asking where i was from and where i was going, and after asking for a picture with me, i pushed on to reach the summit."
Would have been better if you'd written "I pushed one to reach the summit." Now go back and do it again.
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