Daiichi Torii at Yasukuni Shrine, Tokyo in winter. Made of steel, 25 meters high, erected in 1974.

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A torii is a traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition from the profane to the sacred. (Wikipedia)

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Size: 3455px × 4608px
Location: Yasukuni Shrine, Tokyo, Japan, Asia
Photo credit: © John Steele / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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