Kigensugi Giant Sugi Cedar tree, estimated to be 3000 years old, Yaku-shima (Yaku Island), Kyushu, Japan, Asia

Torii, Miya Jima (Itsuku-shima) Island, Japan

The famous vermillion coloured floating torii gate, Itsuku-shima Shrine, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Miyajima, Honshu, Japan, Asia

The famous vermillion coloured floating torii gate, Itsuku-shima Shrine, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Miyajima, Honshu, Japan, Asia

The famous vermillion coloured floating torii gate, Itsuku-shima Shrine, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Miyajima, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Itsukushima (Itsuku-shima) shrine built in 1168 by Taira-no-Kiyomori standing in the sea with the five-storied pagoda dating from 1407 behind, Miyajima, Hiroshima, Honshu, Japan, Asia

The vermillion coloured floating torii gate (O-Torii) (Grand Gate) of the Shinto shrine, Itsukushima (Itsuku-shima) shrine, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Miyajima, Hiroshima area, island of Honshu, Japan, Asia

The vermillion coloured floating torii gate (O-Torii) (Grand Gate) of the Shinto shrine illuminated at dusk, Itsukushima (Itsuku-shima) shrine, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Miyajima, Hiroshima area, island of Honshu, Japan, Asia

Cherry blossoms (sakura) and the famous five-storey pagoda dating from 1407, Itsukushima (Itsuku-shima) shrine, Miyajima, Hiroshima area, island of Honshu, Japan, Asia

Meoto-Iwa (Wedded Rocks), two rocks considered to be male and female, joined in matrimony by shimenawa (sacred ropes), renewed in a special festival each year, Futami, Ise-Shima, Central Honshu (Chubu), Japan, Asia

Meoto-Iwa (Wedded Rocks), two rocks considered to be male and female, joined in matrimony by shimenawa (sacred ropes), renewed in a special festival each year, Futami, Ise-Shima, Central Honshu (Chubu), Japan, Asia

Meoto-Iwa (Wedded Rocks), two rocks considered to be male and female and joined in matrimony by shimenawa (sacred ropes), renewed in a special festival each year, Futami, Ise-Shima, Chubu, Central Honshu, Japan, Asia

Kigensugi Giant Sugi Cedar tree, estimated to be 3000 years old, Yaku-shima (Yaku Island), Kyushu, Japan, Asia

The vermillion coloured O-Torii (Grand Gate) of the Shinto shrine, Itsukushima (Itsuku-shima) shrine, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Miyajima, Hiroshima area, island of Honshu, Japan, Asia

The famous five-storey pagoda dating from 1407, Itsukushima (Itsuku-shima) shrine, Miyajima, Hiroshima area, island of Honshu, Japan, Asia

Vermillion coloured 'floating' torii gate (O-torii gate) illuminated at dusk, a Shinto shrine gate, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Itsuku-shima, Miyajima, Hiroshima, Honshu Island, Japan, Asia

Itsukushima (Itsuku-shima Jinja) Shinto Shrine Gate (torii), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Miyajima (Miya Jima), Japan, Asia

Scene in Pailaviri section, Cerro Rico, Potosi, Bolivia

Shima Onsen, Gunma, Japan

Mie Prefecture, Japan

Mie Prefecture, Japan

Mie Prefecture, Japan

Ago Bay From Mt. Tomo, Mie, Japan

Low angle view of a bridge, Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, Awaji-shima, Japan

Wedded Rocks of Futami, Ise-Shima, Honshu, Japan