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The Otorii of Miyajima

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The Otorii of Miyajima before sunset- Hiroshima Prefecture - Japan

A "torii" is an entrance to a Shinto shrine. Otorii stands in front of the shrine pavilions in the sea because people used to visit Itsukushima Shrine from the sea. Otorii is 16.8 meters high and weighs about 60 tons.

This gate is one the three main scenic landscape in Japan.

Picture taken on September 2, 2007, with the Sony DFC-F828
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krystalmaze's avatar
Wow 60 tons...
Hehe is that a human standing before it?