When I was traveling through Japan in March/April 2019 I visited countless temples. To enter a shinto shrine you usually have to pass through a torii. I adored those simple but very elegant structures.
A Torii is a traditional Japanese gate only found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition from the mundane to the sacred.
Source Wikipedia
This is for Dan Antion’s Thursday Doors Challenge. Thank you Dan for hosting this marvelous challenge.
Always looking forward to your feedback.
Wanderlustig 
Japan is very fascinating country. I am longing to go back!
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Oh I can’t wait to go to Japan!
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😊. Indeed, they do!
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I love Japanese shrines as well, they look so different and beautiful.
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Thank you 😊.
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Good to know about Torii! Interesting read and great pics!
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Good luck on your travels!
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Thank you 😊. All torii were beautiful but in some shrines it was very crowded. Japanese people are very quiet and considerate, they step back to let you pass ( before Coronal !), so it was not as bad as it looks.
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Thank you. So do I !
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Thank you 😊. Hopefully we can travel to Japan sometime again. I would like to return in autumn.
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Thank you. Fushimi Inari was pretty crowded at first but when I went up the hill it got quieter and very beautiful.
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You are welcome 😊!
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Classic shape. I especially like the rougher ones along the trail, but that’s probably because I’d prefer being there to being in the crowds. 🙂
janet
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I love the scale of these entrances.
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Didn’t quite make it to Japan yet. These are beautiful…hope to see it in person one day!
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We were there in 2017. Fushimi Inari Shrine Kyoto was an amazing site to see. Great images .
Thanks Anita
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Thanks for explaining the „Torii“ – I learned something new today 🙂
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