Mythical Encounters in ancient Hisui: the Shrine at Newmoon Island Grove

Mt Fuji, Japan

[oc] House of Dream

Torii gate made up of 300 recycled speakers with bluetooth connection (2017) Location: Kamiyama, Japan but has since been destroyed by a typhoon in 2019

Chuzenji Temple at Utagahama Beach, by Kawase Hasui (1931).

Shinto.

Analog Ocean Heaven

meeting an old friend

神域。

伏見稲荷大社

January 2024

Rural Japan | Akine Coco

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Meiji Jingu Tokyo, Japan

Adolf de Meyer · Japan 1900

Adolf de Meyer (1868–1946) ~ [Kofukuji Temple, Nara, Japan], 1900. Gelatin silver print | src The Met

Adolf de Meyer (1868–1946) ~ Torii Gate at Lakeside, Japan, 1900. Gelatin silver print | src The Met view more on wordPress

Adolf de Meyer (1868–1946) ~ [Golden Pavilion, Kyoto, Japan], 1900. Gelatin silver print | src The Met view more on wordPress

Neighborhood shrine among the quieter streets of Tokyo’s Shimbashi district, early April.

Abandoned Torii Gate found in a submerged tunnel in Kani City, Gifu, Japan (2022) Photog. Saho

Found at the entrance of shrines, a torii is a gate that separates the realm of our world and that of the divine and spiritual. An important symbol for Shintoism, it’s also one of Japan’s most defining characteristics. Around 90,000 of them are found across Japan and traces of the existence of toriis date back to over a thousand years ago, and sacred places are most commonly found amidst nature, sometimes in areas inaccessible to the public. Some shrines lose popularity due to their remote locations or unapproachable appearance.

japanese landscape build with inuyasha and kagome