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The ornate Yomei-mon Gate at Nikkō Tōshō-gū, a Shinto shrine in Japan’s Tochigi Prefecture, has one pillar that stands upside down. The orientation is deliberate: builders in 1617 did not want to ...
Shinto is the native religious tradition of Japan. I think it's easy to see visual signs of it throughout Japan, from the shrines (jinja) to the gates (torii). But what I was interested in finding out ...
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Shinto is often described as Japan’s indigenous spiritual tradition, centered on the veneration of kami—divine forces associated with nature, ancestors, and sacred objects. Unlike many major religions ...