On a small side road leading to the small settlement that has grown up around the entrance to Akiyoshido, the biggest cave in Japan, is the entrance to Akiyoshi Inari Shrine.
There was no signboard and I can find absoluteley no information online in either English or Japanese about its history.
Several visitors to the shrine mention that it rminded them of a Ghibli film, and while I have not seen a Ghibli film, I think they are referring to the shrines location i\within a forest with mossy steps leading to it.
The most intriguing thing for me was that a totally unique Torii that stood here when I first visited more than twenty years ago has now disappeared.
It can be seen in the final two photos of this post, and it had a unique curved top section that I can7t remember ever having seen anywhere else.
If you are visiting the area it is worth stopping in as it is quite atmospheric.
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