Tori-I, the Sacred Gate

Hi!

If you have been with me in this blog or my mailing list, you may remember these gates called « Tori-I ».

Tori means bird.

I, pronounced simply as « i », means being there, or staying there.

So, sometimes I call them « Bird Gate ».

Tori-I is the gate only for the shrine.

Look at the different kinds of Tori-I.

I am not the specialist bur I heard the different styles show different times and religious lines.