A torii found between the monasteries on Mount Koya
Famous photo spot at the lake front below the Hakone Shrine
Torii are your gateway to another world
This torii can be found in Heda on the west coast of Shizuoka's Izu Peninsula
A torii at Cape Osé with Mount Fuji rising in the background
A small torii at the Nakasendo hiking trail in rural Japan
Busy street with torii in Kyoto leading to Fushimi Inari Taisha
Famous rows of torii at Fushimi Inari Taisha
Another Fushimi Inari Taisha torii shot
Is that Jiji? Fushimi Inari Taisha
A large torii to be found in Kyoto
A tiny shrine torii at Chichibu shrine in central Saitama
Torii with a view close to the summit of Mount Fuji
Torii at a shrine entrance in Kanazawa
Torii at Motonosumi Inari shrine in Yamaguchi
Another shot of the Heda's Torii in Shizuoka
Some torii to be found in a side street in Narita city
Motonosumi Inari shrine torii guarded by fox in Yamaguchi
Row of Motonosumi Inari shrine torii
Torii mark your entrance to a sacred place
A torii with stone lions guarding secluded Tōfū-jinja shrine in the mountains north of Kyoto
The largest torii in Kyoto can be found next to the MoMA
A large torii somewhere in rural Japan
A torii leads to a sacred shrine and koi pond at Cape Ose
A torii at a shrine in Gifu's Shirakawa-go
A lion guards this torii in Hakone
A wooden torii leading you into the moss shrine of Heisenji Hakusan
Entrance to the small Tōfū-jinja Shrine hidden in the mountains a days hike out of Kyoto
This torii opening to Nachi Falls definitely counts as an otherworldly place
Tourists pass a torii at Kyoto's Fushimi Inari Taisha
A torii is kept in shape at Fushimi Inari Taisha
You can find these torii leading to small shrines all along the ancient Nakasendo hiking trail in the Kiso valley
This torii can be found in an enchanted forest between hundreds of stone figurines at Choanji temple in the Hakone mountains
A raven watches over this torii at Enoshima island
A seaside shrine used by fishermen you can wander directly into the clear water for a swim in Heda Habour
The Hakone shrine torii with Mount Fuji in the background
A street with a large torii in Hakone
A concrete torii that leads to a shrine in Fujiyoshida
Some small shrines like this you will only find by accident deep in rural Japan...
...leading you to the places where the kami live live
Driving along the west cost of Lake Biwa you will pass this famous torii standing in waters of the lake
On clear days the Heda torii is dwarfed by Mount Fuji in the background
A torii leading into a small town north of Nagoya, close to the famous Meiji Mura