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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.
English: A torii is a traditional Japanese gate commonly found at the entry to a Shinto shrine, although it can be found at Buddhist temples as well. The basic structure of a torii is two columns called that are topped with a horizontal rail called the kasagi. Slightly below the top rail is a second horizontal rail called the nuki.
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.
In 2000, the largest torii shrine gate in the world (33.9 meters tall and 42 meters wide) was erected at the entrance to the Oyunohara sandbank. It is an official gateway that designates the entrance to a sacred area.
The Oarai Isosaki-jinja shrine has three torii gates in separate locations. [1] The main torii gate is a huge reinforced concrete structure that is 15.60 m high and 22.42 m wide, located on a path. [1] Behind it, a second Torii rises, and as you pass this second torii, you see the shrine buildings. [1]
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 ...
One support column was knocked down; but the other somehow remained standing, keeping the gate upright but effectively breaking it in half. The force of the shockwave rotated the torii about 30 degrees on its pedestal base. The central part of the shrine is located just behind the photographer of the image on the right.
Built in 1984, at 32 m the torii on its sandō is the second highest in Japan. [4] The shrine also has a great shime torii, an ancient form of gate made only with two posts and a rope called shimenawa. It is one of few shrines that has a "triple-torii" on its grounds. This gate is also one of the few to actually have doors, which bar access to ...