Saturday, November 12, 2005
Tori at Miyajima
I keep wanting to make a joke about the British conservatives and floating Tori. SOmething that wont go away no matter how much you flush. Or something like that.
The Real Tori. (Tori, not Tora, as in Tora,Tora,Tora...) It is a gate for the Gods to enter into the shrine. It is very large and red. Apparently the Shrine is honour of three Goddesses. I am surprised they all agreed to use the same door, AND that they all agreed on the same colour
We were passing by at the wrong time, and got a 'free' tour of the Tori, the Shrine and we got quizzed on the vitalstatistics. The last time the Tori was rebuilt was in 1875 by the way, and the Shrine has 260m of corridor. Just in case you wanted to know. Interestingly enough, just accross the road from the school is another mini floating Tori, the one in this photograph, which sufficed for their rehearsal.
This would imply that they have been doing this for the past 1000 odd years, or at least as long as there has been Gaijin English teachers coming to Japan. SO at least 1000 years. So they had this mini tori built for the purpose. Pratical and indusrious lot these guys.
The famous Tori (gate) at night. It is really impressive, and it still retains a lot of its power despite being one of the Japanese World Heritage Sites (ie swamped with visitors)
The Real Tori. (Tori, not Tora, as in Tora,Tora,Tora...) It is a gate for the Gods to enter into the shrine. It is very large and red. Apparently the Shrine is honour of three Goddesses. I am surprised they all agreed to use the same door, AND that they all agreed on the same colour
We were passing by at the wrong time, and got a 'free' tour of the Tori, the Shrine and we got quizzed on the vitalstatistics. The last time the Tori was rebuilt was in 1875 by the way, and the Shrine has 260m of corridor. Just in case you wanted to know. Interestingly enough, just accross the road from the school is another mini floating Tori, the one in this photograph, which sufficed for their rehearsal.
This would imply that they have been doing this for the past 1000 odd years, or at least as long as there has been Gaijin English teachers coming to Japan. SO at least 1000 years. So they had this mini tori built for the purpose. Pratical and indusrious lot these guys.
The famous Tori (gate) at night. It is really impressive, and it still retains a lot of its power despite being one of the Japanese World Heritage Sites (ie swamped with visitors)
// posted by Solène @ Saturday, November 12, 2005 
