Fushimi Inari-taisha

safekeeping of sacred objects rather than for worship. Although "shrine" is the only word used in English, Shinto shrines have a variety of many different names used in Japanese. In particular, gongen,  -gū,  jinja,  jingū,  mori,  myōjin,  -sha, taisha, and ubusuna oryashiro are the nonequivalent names for Shinto shrine. A Shinto shrine is usually characterized by the presence of a honden, the most sacred building at a Shinto shrine, where the kami is enshrined. The honden may however be completely

actual statues of the deities (Except for the Inari statue, see