鳥居
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torii (Shinto shrine archway)
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A large torii stands at the entrance of the shrine.
Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto is famous for its countless torii gates.
When I passed through the red-painted torii, I felt as if I had stepped into a sacred space.
Torii gates have long been erected as markers of the boundary between the sacred realm and the human world.
The restoration work on the torii gate that collapsed in the typhoon is being carried out through donations from local residents.
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