A Torii gate in the shade of leaves. Further on, you can see the sunlight, as if the gate gives you access to the light, the sacred. And that is exactly what the gate stands for.
The torii marks the entrance to the sacred grounds of a Shintō shrine in Japan. The torii typically consists of two cylindrical vertical posts surmounted by a crosswise rectangular beam extending beyond the posts on either side and a second crossbeam a short distance below the first.
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