Kyoto and Nara
Because Fushimi-Inari Taisha is a shrine worshiping the god of agriculture and business, there are around one thousand Torii gates (Senbon Torii) behind the main shrine donated by business owners. Torii gates are in red and normally have the name of business and the address on them. Probably because it was summer vacation time, there were a lot of people visiting the shrine. Following the crowd, we traveled through the Torii gates but were too tired to make it to the peak of the hill, which denotes the end of the Senbon Torii. One interesting rule I remembered was that, before entering the gate of the shrine, visitors should wash hands to show respect to the god.
Another place we visited was Nara Park. Nara Park contains a shrine as well but is renowned for the large amount of deer inside the park. Just as what other tourists did, my cousins and I bought some specialized pancakes for deer. Deer in the Nara Park were “polite” at the beginning: they would nod their heads in order to get the pancakes in your hands. However, if you hesitated, they would chase after you and use antlers to hit you once they detected the food in your hands. The video below was me chased by a group of deer, and I believe you notice my panic through the missing hair tie. Believe me. You don’t want to have that kind of experience twice.