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Itsukushima (厳島), AKA Miyajima
Torii-lined pathway @ Nezu Jinja (根津神社) in Tokyo
At the end of this series of torii are hundreds of heart-shaped ema. You can see them a bit better in my photo from last year’s Valentine’s Day (バレンタインデー) post.
I’m hoping for some 本命チョコ but not counting on it this year (or any year). 😉
The acreage under many of Japan’s Shinto shrines has decreased over the years. The torii gate in today’s photo welcomes you to Kushida Jinja, yet you have to walk a while to get from this gate to the modern shrine grounds these days. Does the shrine still own all of the land between its historic perimeter and its current location? I don’t know.