Shinmei Torii

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adrbr @ 2011-04-22 09:10:20

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Description:

A torii is a traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition from the profane to the sacred (see Sacred-profane dichotomy). The presence of a torii at the entrance is usually the simplest way to identify Shinto shrines, and a small torii icon represents them on Japanese road maps. They are however a common sight at Japanese Buddhist temples too, where they stand at the entrance of the temple's own shrine, called chinjusha (鎮守社, tutelary god shrine?) and usually very small.

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Location:

Nagasaki, Japan (JP)
@ 32.74131400, 129.87737500

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