Climbing hundreds of steps to groom the forest surrounding a trail of gates, which lead up to a shrine, may seem tedious, but there is plenty of peace to be found. With crowds of tourists and locals swarming nearby, Sasuke Inari Shrine offers a way to escape the business for serenity. As the birds chirp around and the sound of clippers echoes, one loses the sense of time and gets captured by their surroundings.