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Torii avenue

Steps leading up to Hie shrine in Akasaka, Tokyo, lined with vermillion torii gates. Originally ancient Japanese gateways, torii ('spirit perch') became limited to Shinto shrines. They purify the pilgrim who passes through them along the sacred path to the shrine.

Tokyo, Tokyo-to, Japan

Author: Michael Freeman

©Michael Freeman

Photo size: 17.0 Mpixels (48.5 MB uncompressed) - 4607x3680 pixels (15.4x12.3 in / 39x31.2 cm at 300 ppi)

Photo keywords: Akasaka, animism, arch, entrance, gate, gateway, Hie, ipn, Japan, jinja, path, pd, purify, red, religion, sacred, Shinto, shrine, spirit, steps, Tokyo, vermillion

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