Inari (village) Inari (village) Inari is a population centre in the municipality of Inari in Finland. The village grew up along in a spot where the fast-flowing Juutua River empties into Lake Inari. As the centuries went by, the village developed into a robust and active market and trade centre. When the municipality of Inari was founded in 1876, the village became its centre. The people living in Inari then were not, however, the first people to live in the village, as people had been living on the shores of Lake Inari for thousands of years before that. Several stone-age dwellings have
Fushimi Inari-taisha Line of the Keihan Electric Railway. The shrine is open 24 hours with both the approach to the shrine and the itself illuminated all night. There is no entrance fee. In the approach to the shrine are a number of sweet shops selling , a form of fortune cookie dating at least to the 19th century, and which are believed by some to be the origin of the Chinese-American fortune cookie. A part of the Noh play "Kokaji" takes place in "Fushimi Inari-taisha". Fushimi Inari-taisha First and foremost, Inari is the god of rice, but merchants and manufacturers have traditionally