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In anticipation of New Year's, here's another torii picture right after the sun set. If you check out the previous shot, it's amazing how 5 minutes makes such a huge difference in the effect. The light on the right is from a tour boat that showed up.
Incidentally, this reminds me of a conversation during the trip.
M: "If I had a house, I would install a torii on my driveway."
Me: "You are so weird."
Known as one of the 3 Great Views of Japan, this 50 foot torii has been rebuilt 17 times, last in 1875. During low tide, it is possible to walk all the way up to the torii.
View large on black.
Happy New Year!
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I spent most of my time at this beach composing another photo but when I wrapped up and ran around and took a few more shots from other angles.
I put camera machinery and materials away and go to the way home.
When it's made U, float on the inside in a lake in red, Shine.
float structure was seen.
Torii gate(It is a gateway of a
shrine and passing the gateway means
that you are entering the divine space.)
I, in these fantastic time and space, attraction is also the once.
While taking a camera out and holding the breath, this.
The wonderful scene was put back.
Sometimes a location can force you into a rethink of what you’re going to capture. With my sunset plans dashed due to weather, all that was visible through the cloud and rain was the vermilion hue of the Itsukushima Shrine’s torii, contrasting against the surrounding mist.
But then – stood looking at the gate as it towered above the tranquil waters of Miyajima, a symbol of reverence with its reflection shimmering in the ripples below – in that very moment, I got it.
This is what it’s all about; that transition from one world to another, exactly as the Shinto practitioners intended – a gateway to a place of peace and calm from an otherwise chaotic society. This was the ultimate moment of reflection.
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Great Torii of Itsukushima in Miyajima island (Japan).
Gran Torii de Itsukushima en la isla de Miyajima (Japón).
Imagen realizada con una cámara compacta Olympus X-3 , C-60Z
Miyajima (宮島) is a small island near Hiroshima, Japan. The island's real name is Itsukushima (厳島), and Miyajima is a popular nickname who meaning "Shrine Island".
The floating red torii (or gate) of the shrine is a familiar Japanese icon located in the shallow water of one of the island's protected bays. Whether the torii is "floating" or merely in the mud depends on the tide.
Miyajima (宮島) es una pequeña isla cerca de Hiroshima, Japón. El nombre verdadero de la isla es Itsukushima (厳島), Miyajima es como se la conoce popularmente y significa “isla del santuario”.
El torii rojo flotante (o la puerta) del Santuario es un icono japonés situado en el agua baja de una de las bahías protegidas de la isla. Se puede observar el torii “flotando” o en el fango dependiendo simplemente de la marea.
Aquí podéis ver la tipica foto del torii “flotando” en el mar.
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This is a photograph of the many torii found at the Fushimi Inari Taisha shrine in Kyoto, Japan. I was amazed that I was able to photograph it without people in the frame as it was packed.
Fushimi Inari Taisha is the head shrine of Inari, located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The shrine sits at the base of a mountain also named Inari which is 233 metres above sea level, and includes trails up the mountain to many smaller shrines which span 4 kilometers.
Since early Japan, Inari was seen as the patron of business, and merchants and manufacturers have traditionally worshipped Inari. Each of the torii at Fushimi Inari Taisha is donated by a Japanese business. First and foremost, though, Inari is the god of rice.
This popular shrine is said to have as many as 32,000 sub-shrines (bunsha) throughout Japan.
Source: Wikipedia
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Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto, Japan
The touristy bit...
Fushimi Inari Shrine (伏見稲荷大社, Fushimi Inari Taisha) is an important Shinto shrine in southern Kyoto. It is famous for the thousands of vermilion torii gates, which straddle a network of trails behind it's main buildings. The trails lead into the wooded forest of the sacred Mount Inari, which stands at 233 meters and belongs to the shrine grounds.
Fushimi Inari is the most important of several thousands of shrines dedicated to Inari, the Shinto god of rice. Foxes are thought to be Inari's messengers, resulting in many fox statues across the shrine grounds. Fushimi Inari Shrine has ancient origins, predating the capital's move to Kyoto in 794.
While the primary reason most foreign visitors come to Fushimi Inari Shrine is to explore the mountain trails and the double corridor torii gates, the shrine buildings themselves are also attractive. At the shrine's entrance stands the Romon Gate, which was donated in 1589 by the famous leader Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Behind stands the shrine's main hall (honden) where visitors and locals pay respect to the resident deity by making a small offering.
At the very back of the shrine's main grounds is the entrance to the torii gate-covered hiking trail, which starts with two dense parallel rows of gates called Senbon Torii ("thousands of torii gates"). The torii gates along the entire trail are donations by individuals and companies, and you will find the donator's name and the date of the donation inscribed on the back of each gate. The cost starts around ¥400,000 for a small sized gate and increases to over ¥1,000,000 for a large gate.
The hike to the summit of the mountain and back takes about 2-3 hours, however, visitors are free to walk just as far as they wish before turning back. Along the way, there are multiple smaller shrines with stacks of miniature torii gates that were donated by visitors with smaller budgets. There are also a few restaurants along the way, which offer locally themed dishes such as Inari Sushi and Kitsune Udon ("Fox Udon"), both featuring pieces of aburaage (fried tofu), said to be a favourite food of foxes.
After about a 30-45 minute ascent and a gradual decrease in the density of torii gates, visitors will reach the Yotsutsuji intersection roughly half way up the mountain, where some nice views over Kyoto can be enjoyed, and then the trail splits into a circular route to the summit. Many hikers only venture as far as here, as the trails do not offer much variation beyond this point and the gate density decreases further.
For the photographers...
Having mis-timed our trip to the bamboo forest the previous day (too many tourists) we went early. The easiest way to get there is to take the train from Kyoto Station, a journey of about 10 minutes. Both the Keihan Main line and the JR Nara line stop close to the shrine but we took the JR Nara as it's station is literally across the road from the Romon Gate and the start of the shrine complex. Even at 7:30am there were signs of coach parties arriving and so we headed straight for the torii gates. It took about 10 minutes to reach Senbon torii and we passed through some pretty big ones en route.
The day was overcast with rain predicted later on in the morning and here lies the difficulty in photographing these things... I don't want to make excuses from the off but for anyone thinking of following in our footsteps... forewarned is forearmed! The double row of torii gates are at best guess, 8ft tall and 8ft wide and very tightly arranged and surprisingly dark once you step inside making handheld shots difficult if you want any decent depth of field. You'll notice that all the uprights are blank, that's because the Japanese calligraphy is on the other side and best seen from the top of the corridor but then you're likely to meet the hoards of people coming up behind you.
It only takes a couple of minutes to walk the length of Senbon torii although I stopped every couple of yards trying to capture these cliché interiors. However, all is not lost and after exiting the Senbon torii, the other gates start to thin out as does the number of tourists. It always amazes me the number of people who can't be bothered to go the whole nine yards when visiting such places, after all if you've travelled thousands of miles to get there then you might as well see the whole shebang! I reckon only 10% made it to the top that day, which is really where this little blog ends. No sooner had we summited then it began to rain and boy did it rain... our one and only bad day. The coach parties of tourists never made it beyond the double gates for they hightailed it back down, umbrellas up every last one of them back to the coaches. I never got a second chance on the way down due to the bobbing flow of umbrellas but at least I'd got something in the can on the way up. If I could shoot it all again... I'd go in the summer months when the light might favour the early start, use a faster lens and take a tripod, just in case you get the chance to use it.
The Great Torii at Itsukushima Shrine, on the island of Miyajima, Japan.
Re-process of: www.flickr.com/photos/13983694@N06/16097020338/in/photoli...
Atago Torii, Sagano-Toriimoto, Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan
For ages, pilgrims passed through this narrow street to climb up Mt. Atago to visit the Atago Shrine, for ‘the God who prevents fire lives there.’ When homes are made with thatched roofs and dried bamboo, tragic fires are a legitimate concern. Hirano-ya, a tea house (the thatched roof building on the right), has been serving pilgrims on their way to the top of Mt. Atago for generations. This building is about 400 years old and has not changed much, except for the prices of the food served there. A simple matcha (green tea) could cost as much as $10. The Sagano area of Kyoto represents one of the last remaining sections of thatch-roofed homes in a rustic area of the old capital. Today it is a preserved street called Sagano-Toriimoto. For present-day pilgrims, this is usually the end of a popular trail through Arashiyama, but for us we started at this spot one morning. It was a serene and beautiful place to begin the day.
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