Torii Shinto Shrine gate (鳥居)
Is there any special meaning in the Torii Shinto Shrine gate?
Torii is a gate-like structure placed at key point in the path leading to
the Shinto shrine.
It consists of two standing pillars, with two horizontal beams, one a little
above the other. It symbolically separates the holy world inside from the
secular world outside.
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Miyajidake Shrine Usa Shrine
above the other. It symbolically separates the holy world inside from the
secular world outside.
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Miyajidake Shrine Usa Shrine
The torii is derived from its homophone “tori” which means bird flying in the sky.
It is said to have originated as a perch for sacred birds within the shrine precincts.