Shrines (Shintoism) |
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| To enter a Shrine, you must first pass the "purification gates" (Torii) delimiting the holy enclosure. |
One of the most famous Torii is in Miyajima. [more] | |
Rope around a bee hive in a village near Nagano. | |
A rope around a tree or a rock (or any other sacred object) is also often used to separate the holy world from our world. |
| 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) |
(Matsushima) |
(Little shrine in the fields) |
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(Kobe) | (Mikoshi: Portable shrine during Tsukuba Matsuri (festival) [More]) |