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# 2017 Summer in Japan and Korea: Extreme ChaXi on Fushimi Inari-taisha
- URL: https://www.cultofquality.com/2017-summer-in-japan-and-korea-extreme-chaxi-on-fushimi-inari-taisha/
- Published: 2017-07-24T04:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-01-03T22:41:11.000Z
- Author: Jason Cohen
- Tags: Japan, Extreme Chaxi

Hiking 233 meters over 4 hours in 90 degree and 90% humidity to brew tea on the top of an ancient Shinto shrine? This is extreme ChaXi.

![Kimonos are hot](https://storage.ghost.io/c/69/e4/69e46ae8-c7ea-4919-ab7f-c2c23a98bb8f/content/images/2023/01/2017-07-06-12.43.34.jpg)

The Fushimi shrine is made up of more than 30,000 tori gates, and the path up the mountain winds its way past thousands of smaller sub shrines.

![Fushimi Torii](https://storage.ghost.io/c/69/e4/69e46ae8-c7ea-4919-ab7f-c2c23a98bb8f/content/images/2023/01/2017-07-06-13.44.19.jpg)

We hiked the main path to the top, and then followed a small mountain trail to a little known satellite shrine.

![Top of Fushimi ](https://storage.ghost.io/c/69/e4/69e46ae8-c7ea-4919-ab7f-c2c23a98bb8f/content/images/2023/01/2017-07-06-13.34.31.jpg)

The forest was dense surrounding the summit path; the rustling of the wind and rattle of the kodama as they followed us to the chaxi place was a soundscape of life. It matched the oppressive heat and humidity. It magnifying the feeling of the ethereal.

![The kodama followed us to the chaxi ](https://storage.ghost.io/c/69/e4/69e46ae8-c7ea-4919-ab7f-c2c23a98bb8f/content/images/2023/01/Gibli-Ghosts.jpg)

We made the chaxi on the top step of a shrine that matched the greater landscape, symbolizing the mountains that stretched out around us in the distance. The reflections of the moss and shimmering of the leaves cast a green hue to the light. The tea rejuvenated us – it brought a coolness to the air and a feeling of energy to our tired feet.

![A chaxi for me and the Kodama](https://storage.ghost.io/c/69/e4/69e46ae8-c7ea-4919-ab7f-c2c23a98bb8f/content/images/2023/01/2017-07-06-12.15.45.jpg)

The kodama and I enjoyed the tea. They bid me farewell and I began my decent back into the bustling city of Kyoto.