Floating Torii, Miyajima Island near Hiroshima, Japan

Fox water feature at a mossy Shinto shrine surrounded by thick forest in summer, Fushimi Inari Taisha, Mount Inari, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Stone Torii, Tosho-gu Shrine, Nikko, Central Honshu (Chubu), Japan, Asia

Stone sculpture, Fushimi Inari Taisha, Shinto shrine and vermilion torii gates in wooded forest, Mount Inari, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Zen stone lanterns and the landmark Otori gate, Torii Gate of Miyajima, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hiroshima Prefecture, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Stone latern and Torii Gate, Itsukushima Shrine, Shinto temple with floating torii Otori, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Miyajima Island, Hiroshima Prefecture, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Itsukushima Jinja, 16th century Shinto shrine, torii gate appears to float at high tide, UNESCO, Miyajimacho, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima, Honshu, Japan

Stone Torii Gate at the Shinto shrine. Evening light at Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine, Hiroshima, Japan

Traditional Shinto torii gate with guardian lion-dog statues surrounded by autumn foliage on Mount Hiei, near Kyoto, Honshu, Japan

Fushimi Inari Taisha, the most important Shinto shrine, famous for its thousand red torii gates, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Torii gate and steps of Daisho-in temple in autumn, Miyajima Island, Western Honshu, Japan, Asia

View of Higashiyama Sugawara Shrine in the Higashi Chaya District, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan

View of Torii Gate at Fushimi Inari Shrine at dusk, Fukakusa Yabunouchicho, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto, Honshu, Japan

Nishikubo Hachiman Shinto Shrine and high rise buildings through the shrines Torii gate, 5 Chome, Toranomon, Minato City, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan

View of Torii Gate at Fushimi Inari Shrine at dusk, Fukakusa Yabunouchicho, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto, Honshu, Japan

View of Shitennoji Ishinotorii (Stone Torii Gate) on a sunny day, Shitennoji, Tennoji Ward, Osaka, Honshu, Japan

Big stone torii gate framing more distant gates on the foot of mount Iwaki. Iwakiyama-jinja Shrine Mt Iwaki Shrine in Hirosaki, Japan

Buddhist cemetery of Oku-no-in, Koyasan (Koya-san), Kansai, Japan, Asia

Tokyo, Japan

Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto, Japan