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  2. Torii - Wikipedia

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    The famous torii at Itsukushima Shrine. A torii (Japanese: 鳥居, ) 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 mundane to the sacred, [1] and a spot where kami are welcomed and thought to travel through.

  3. Itsukushima Shrine - Wikipedia

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    Itsukushima Shrine (厳島神社, Itsukushima-jinja) is a Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima (popularly known as Miyajima), best known for its "floating" torii. [1] It is in the city of Hatsukaichi , in Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan , accessible from the mainland by ferry at Miyajimaguchi Station .

  4. Kumano Hongū Taisha - Wikipedia

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    Kumano Hongū Taisha (熊野本宮大社) is a Shinto shrine located in the jurisdiction of Tanabe, Wakayama, deep in the rugged mountains of the southeast Kii Peninsula of Japan. It is included as part of the Kumano Sanzan in the World Heritage Site " Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range ".

  5. Shinto architecture - Wikipedia

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    The torii is a gate which marks the entrance to a sacred area, usually but not necessarily a shrine. [12] A shrine may have any number of torii (Fushimi Inari Taisha has thousands) made of wood, stone, metal, concrete or any other material. They can be found in different places within a shrine's precincts to signify an increased level of ...

  6. Watazumi Shrine - Wikipedia

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    A typhoon damaged the Torii gate at Watatsumi Shrine in Tsushima, Japan. This happened in September 2020. [3] [6] A crowdfunding campaign started on November 27, 2020 on the Japanese website Camp-Fire. [3] It aimed to repair the gate. [6] [4] [3] The campaign reached its initial goal quickly. This goal was 5 million yen. It was reached by ...

  7. Shimenawa - Wikipedia

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    The style of torii is not strictly based on the style of shrine, and there could be more than one style of torii in one shrine. [4] Similar to shimenawa, torii also have meaning in Shinto, representing a gate to the world, people, or any relationship. [7] The purpose of torii and shimenawa is the same, in bringing lost people to the kami-filled ...

  8. American tourist, 65, arrested for defacing one of Tokyo’s ...

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    An American tourist was arrested in Japan for allegedly defacing a traditional wooden gate at a famous Tokyo shrine by etching letters on it, police said on Thursday.. Steve Hayes, a 65-year-old ...

  9. List of Shinto shrines in Japan - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of notable Shinto shrines in Japan.There are tens of thousands of shrines in Japan.Shrines with structures that are National Treasures of Japan are covered by the List of National Treasures of Japan (shrines).