The Fushimi Inari Shrine is free to visit and open daily from sunrise to sunset and is easily accessible via JR Inari Station on the JR Nara subway line (two stops south of Kyoto Station).

lucie took a train to the western outskirts of kyoto to watch the sunrise. then she immersed herself in the bamboo forests. because lucie arrived so early on a weekday, it was virtually empty.