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 | To enter a Shrine, you must first pass the "purification gates" (Torii) delimiting the holy enclosure. | ||
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 Rope around a bee hive in a village near Nagano. |   | ||
 | Rows of lanterns are a proof of devotion to the shinto gods. | ||
| Statues of wild animals sometimes protect the entrance of the shrines. |  | ||
 (Sendai) |  (Mount Tsukuba) | ||
 (Little Shrine in Nara) |
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 (Kobe) |  Mikoshi: Portable shrine during Tsukuba Matsuri (festival) [More] | ||
 (Mikoshi: Portable shrine during Tsukuba-san Matsuri (festival) |
 (Mikoshi: Portable shrine during Imashi Matsuri (festival) |
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 (Matsuyama) [More] |
 (Matsuyama) [More] |
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 (Matsuyama) [More] |
 (Uwajima) |
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 (Kyoto) [More] |
 (Kyoto) [More] |
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 Tree with fortune papers (Tsukuba) |
 Fortune papers (Kyoto) |
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 Shrine in Ise [More] |
 Shrine in Ise [More] |
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 Lantern in Amanohashidate |
 Inari shrine in Amanohashidate |
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 Shrine in Ushiko |
Inari shrine in Amanohashidate |
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 Fertility shrine in Uwajima [More] |
 Shrine in Uwajima [More] |
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