Lake Inari 3,000 islands in total. Trout, lake salmon, Arctic char, white fish, grayling, perch and pike are found in Lake Inari. The lake covers . It empties northwards through the Paatsjoki at the mouth of the Varangerfjord, which is a bay of Barents Sea. Philip Pullman, author of the "His Dark Materials" book series, chose this lake to be the home of the witch Serafina Pekkala. The lake depression is a graben bounded by faults active in the Cenozoic. Lake Inari Lake Inari (, , , , , ) is the largest lake in Sápmi and the third-largest lake in Finland.
Takekoma Inari Shrine a horsemanship museum. The primary "kami" of Takekoma Inari Shrine is , traditionally identified as with Inari, and associated with agriculture, especially rice production. Secondary "kami" include , the goddess of food, and , the god of the five cereals. There are also several smaller subsidiary shrines within the shrine grounds. The Takekoma Inari Shrine was established in 842 AD, reputedly by Ono no Takamura, the "kokushi" of Ōshū Province, as a branch of the famous Fushimi Inari Shrine south of Kyoto. The shrine is mentioned by the Heian period poet Nōin during the reign of Emperor Go-Reizei (1045-1068) and