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Torii gates are found at the entrance of Shinto shrines and symbolize entering sacred places. Traditionally they are red and wooden but can also be of stone or metal and uncolored. A Torii gate consists of two pillar posts with two cross beams at the top, the upper one extending past the pillars on both sides and often the lower one does too. Some places like Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto have thousands of them together which form like a type of tunnel (best seen at night!).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torii
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