A wooden plank with the name Takahashi Toshimi ... Furusato Jun. Sakai asked if he knew a Takahashi Toshimi who had donated a Torii gate to a local shrine. Furusato was stunned: Yes, Takahashi ...

Torii gates at the entrance to Akan-Mashu National ... Its central street, lined with rustic wooden buildings that look a bit like ski lodges, houses an art gallery, a theater and about 20 shops ...

But now, Kanonji city has something new to offer: the “torii gate in the sky” of the “hongu” main building of Takayajinja shrine that sits atop 404-meter-high Mount Inazumiyama.

HATSUKAICHI, Hiroshima Prefecture--The famed “floating” torii gate of Itsukushimajinja shrine, a World Heritage site under repair, was revealed for the first time in about three and a half years.