Conflicts tea houses have

You will find some clerks at tea houses are in a bad mood when you visit Mt. Inari several times and get into each of the tea houses. When I just started visiting Mt. Inari, I wanted to eat "udon", or thick Japanese noodles, then I asked a clerk at one of the tea houses, "Can I order now?" in the morning. However, she refused me, putting on a stern face. It seemed to be because there was no profit in making broth for only one customer before lunchtime. While repeating visiting Mt. Inari, I realized I should not expect anything here.

Furthermore, passing in front of the tea house several times, I learned the conflicted feelings of the clerks when they talked with their customers.
(customer) "Hello, how many minutes will it take to walk to the mountain top?"
(customer) "Could I use your toilet?"
(customer) "Can you take a picture of us with this camera?"
(customer) taking pictures of the inside of the shop without permission, etc.

Clerks at tea houses have been receiving the same questions and thoughtless requests day after day. As you would think, I was sorry for them. You can quickly look up how many minutes it takes to walk to the mountain top on the internet.

You should go to the toilet before climbing Mt. Inari, for there are three or more in the precinct of Fushimi Inari Taisha. It is better to look up where the bathrooms are at the foot of the mountain on a map, not to use ones at tea houses. Indeed there are toilets in Mt. Inari, but they are in little bit remote places.

As I wrote before, this is not a typical tourist spot, though many tourists think it is. Initially, tea houses were places to look after trainee monks.

The aged landladies and their successors are having trouble deciding about changing their business to popular tourist facilities. Being unable to say to tourists, "Could you be more modest?" they often get angry with some selfish visitors. You should visit Mt. Inari for religious training because landladies and clerks are also working actually as training. If you can, tell your family and friends you accompany so.

That's all for your pleasant visits to Mt. Inari.

KATO

■Toilet Map in Mt.Inari
・Public Toilet at Okusha Hohaisho (Okusha Hohaisho)
・Public Toilet, a 5 minutes walk back from Kumatakasha (Kumatakasha)
・Public Toilet at Gozendani Hohaisho (Gozendani Hohaisho)

You might want to confirm the exact locations of toilets by signboards on the spot before you set foot in Mt. Inari.
Especially, be sure to check the locations if you are with children.