Famous places in Fushimi include the Fushimi Inari Shrine, with thousands of torii lining the paths up and down a mountain; Fushimi Castle, originally built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, with its rebuilt towers and gold-lined tea-room; and the Teradaya, an inn at which Sakamoto Ryōma was attacked and injured about a year before his assassination.

Also of note is the Gokōgu shrine, which houses a stone used in the construction of Fushimi Castle.

In other words, the location was known for good spring water.

This also explains why the area developed as a sake-brewing center in Kyoto.

Today, Fushimi is the second greatest area of Japan in terms of sake production,[1] and is where the sake company Gekkeikan was founded.