Shot in Meiji-jingu Shrine. A torii is a traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition from the profane to the sacred. Meiji-jingu Shrine is the Shinto shrine that is dedicated to the deified spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Shōken. 明治神宮で撮影。初詣では例年日本一の参拝者数を集め、明治天皇と昭憲皇太后を祭神とする。