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

Japanese wedding at Itsukushima Shrine, Shinto temple, Miyajima Island, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hiroshima Prefecture, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Japanese Jizo statue on Miyajima Island, Hiroshima Prefecture, Honshu, Japan, Asia

View of ema (small wooden plaques), Nishikubo Hachiman Shinto Shrine, 5 Chome, Toranomon, Minato City, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan

Itsukushima Shrine, Shinto temple, on Miyajima Island, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hiroshima Prefecture, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Meoto-Iwa, Wedded Rocks off the coast of Futamigaura Beach, Futami Town on the in Mie Prefecture, Japan.

Meoto-Iwa, Wedded Rocks off the coast of Futamigaura Beach, Futami Town on the in Mie Prefecture, Japan.

The Daibutsu (bronze Great Buddha). Kotoku-in Temple, Kamakura, Japan

The Daibutsu (bronze Great Buddha). Kotoku-in Temple, Kamakura, Japan

The Daibutsu (bronze Great Buddha). Kotoku-in Temple, Kamakura, Japan

Archers at shooting ritual, archery ceremonial in Shimogamo Shrine, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Shrine maiden handing out holy sake, rice wine, for the participants of the procession from the Shimogamo shrine to the Mikage shrine, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Bride and groom, bride with traditional hair hood in the Shimogamo shrine, Kyoto, Japan, East Asia, Asia

Archers kneeling in the Shrine courtyard after devotion at the archery ceremonial in Shimogamo Shrine, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Archers at shooting ritual, archery ceremonial in Shimogamo Shrine, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Archers at the archery ceremonial kneeling at shooting position in Shimogamo Shrine, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Beginning of the procession from the Shimogamo to the Mikage shrine at Mt. Mikage, west of the Hie Mountain, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Children wearing clothing from the Heian Period at the Shintoistic horse race in the Kamigamo Shrine, Kyoto, Japan

Aoi festival, procession from the Imperial Palace to the Shimogamo Shrine, court lady of the Saio dai in traditional costume from the Heian period, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Saio dai, main character of the Aoi Festival, with extremely expensive Kimono, going to a Shinto ceremony in the Kamigamo Shrine, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Women and priests in kimonos of the Heian period during a Shinto prayer, Aoi Festival, in the Kamigamo Shrine in Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Women wearing historical clothing from the Heian period, procession through a residential area, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Man praying, Fushimi Inari-taisha shrine, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Girl in a kimono, procession to the shrine festival Matsuri, Kintano Tenmango Shrine, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Return of the procession from the Hie mountain to the Shimogamo shrine, end of the ceremonial acts, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Shinto priests at archery opening ceremonial in Shimogamo Shrine, striding through entrance gate, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Return of the procession to the Shimogamo shrine, ritual dances in front of the Sacred Horse, Kyoto, Japan, Asia