Tag: Aomori Prefecture Japan

  • Torii! Torii! Torii!

    Torii! Torii! Torii!

    Takayama Inari Shrine, and its senbon torii (thousand torii), are decidedly not easy to get to without a car: three buses, a long walk, and about two-and-a-half hours later we were exploring the grounds. The “thousand” torii is symbolic, rounded up from the just over 200 torii that are actually there. Regardless, they are striking

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