Keep an eye out for common features at temples and shrines, like these Nio guardians at the gate to Sensoji in Tokyo. Over the centuries, the Indigenous Shinto religion and Buddhism, imported from ...

Torii, although at first glance they appear to be simple structures, are a sacred gate or traditional arch that is usually placed at the entrance of Shinto shrines to mark the border between ...

The footage depicted Perez using a Torii, a traditional gate that marks the entrance to Shinto shrines, as a piece of gym equipment while performing pull-ups. As she swung her legs to the tune of ...

Shinto is the native religious tradition of Japan. I think it's easy to see visual signs of it throughout Japan, from the shrines (jinja) to the gates (torii). But what I was interested in finding ...

The entryway to a shrine is marked by a large torii (gate). This is in contrast to Buddhist temples ... Japanese shrines are places of worship for Shinto spirits called kami. Shinto is often referred ...