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A gift from Ishikari Japan a Torii Gate is a Shinto Tradition recognizing a special location or place.
Taken at Sequoia Park across from the Campbell River Museum.
Torii gates at Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine - Kyoto, Japan. Also known as “O-inari-san”, Inari shrines are the most familiar shrines to Japanese people. There are said to be some thirty thousand throughout the country, frequented by people of all ages.
Fushimi Inari Taisha is the head shrine with which all the others are affiliated. In the 1300 years since its establishment in 711AD, people have gathered here to pray for bountiful harvests, business prosperity, the safety of their home and family and the fulfilment of all kinds of other wishes.
The famous floating torii (shrine gate), part of Itsukushima temple complex on Miyajima island, photographed a million times, but my first. A very wet and misty morning added to the amazing atmosphere.
Pocas cosas hay que representen más a Japón que el Torii. Arco que suele hallarse a la entrada de un santuario sintoísta. Simbólicamente marca la transición de lo mundano a lo espiritual.
Miyajima (宮島) is a small island less than an hour outside the city of Hiroshima. It is most famous for its giant torii gate, which at high tide seems to float on the water. The sight is ranked as one of Japan's three best views.
The centuries-old Itsukushima Shrine (厳島神社, Itsukushima Jinja) on Miyajima is the source of both the island's fame and its name. Formally named Itsukushima, the island is more popularly known as "Miyajima", literally "shrine island" in Japanese, thanks to its star attraction – its iconic "floating" torii gate.
Vermillion torii gates, which separate the profane and sacred worlds, at Fuji Sengen Shrine・富士浅間神社・Nagoya, Japan. The red colour really is that strong; I haven't enhanced it!
Kyoto, Fushimi Inari-taisha, Japan.
Fushimi Inari-taisha is a shrine complex on the mountain near Kyoto and sports 4 km of trails between various mini-shrines. The location is famous for over 10,000 vermillion torii gates filtering beautifully warm light reflections.
Torii ema (small prayer cards in the shape of torii gates) for sale at Fushimi Inari Shinto shrine, Kyoto, Japan. I liked that all the red was interspersed with a few white ema that help to add dimension and made the red more intense.
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