Located at the southern tip of Honshu Island, Nagato possesses physical beauty that has only been enhanced by manmade activities. The Motonosumi Inari Shrine is set on a picturesque point of land over the Sea of Japan. It is approached by a pathway of 123 red-lacquered traditional torii gates, snaking across the wild hillside. It was built in 1987 to honor the white fox spirit, believed to bring g…