Main Stone Torii Gate to Osaki Hachiman-gu Shrine covered by blooming Cherry Blossoms

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Ōsaki Hachiman-gū (大崎八幡宮) is a Shinto shrine in Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. The main shrine building, Shaden (社殿), has been designated a National Treasure of Japan. It is the oldest extant ishi-no-ma-zukuri (石の間造) structure and an example of Azuchi-Momoyama architecture. The photo shows a stone torii gate at the entrance to the shrine. It is most commonly found at the entrance of or within a shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition from the profane to the sacred.

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Size: 4580px × 3435px
Location: 4-6-1 Hachiman, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi, Japan
Photo credit: © Moonie's World / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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