Jinja & Torii Gallery
- Categories: Galleries, Japan
- Date: Jan 19, 2010 16:06 JST
- Tags: 2ch, Buildings, Image Gallery, Photography, Religion, Shinto
The denizens of 2ch have pooled their photographic resources to create an extensive gallery of jinja, or Shinto shrines, along with a number of other religious objects, particularly the “torii” gates which mark passage from the profane to a sacred space.
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Hmmmm love that, more of those Galleries please! This site is still a bit about Japan not only hawt stuff.
I hope you get more of stuff like landscapes or tea fields in japan.
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wait nvm
pic 44 reminds me of the steps before the furude shrine from hinamizawa maybe its based on it.
Can anyone spot the ninja in each picture?
Thanks Arte, it's been too long since you've posted a non-H gallery. Great job with this one, I really loved it.
Exquisite gallery. Scenery is always really cool, and old shrines make for some wonderful pictures.
It makes me kinda sad looking at those torii. The anime club I'm a member of build one somewhere around 16 feet tall, and we're quite proud of it. It... doesn't really compare to those, though. Some of them look higher than most trees.
geez I visited these shrine when I'm playing Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble and I don't really get it why I donate yen yet nothing happen?
I get the significance of single tori, but what do the lines of tori stacked together symbolize?
Japanese architecture always inspires me, they bring such feelings of tranquility and warmth.
There are even a handful of nice jinja outside Japan, such as Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America in Washington State:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=tsubaki+grand+shrine+of+america [http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=tsubaki grand shrine of america]
Are there any jinja in your part of the world?
i cant fap to this!
Aaaaaaaaaaaa, a peace of mind ^-^ Like this gallery. Need this kind of gallery once in a while for refreshing, yu know what I mean ^-^
It's not like Japanese build shrine with quality materials, but with that levels of finishing and details makes it much more appealing than Mediterranean temple build on eastern Europe.
One of the beauties of Japan.
I'm really attracted to Japanese shrines, somehow it's a heritage that must be preserved. :3
#65
lol nice dog
One of the nicest galleries so far. That's for sure.
Nice... it's good to enjoy some sceneery pictures and such once in a while. I dont see how people thought this site to be all ero
Traditional japanese culture on my Sankaku? It's more likely than you think!
I love the orange =QQQQ
Japan is Great!!!!!
Damn you, this gallery is one more reason why I want to visit Japan some day...
Hehe, ginger for the last pic. Clever.
首都から離れるほど日本の良さが表れますよー
I love japan!
BEAUTIFUL!
I watched this gallery with my jaw dropped.
I wish I could go and visit those places one day.
8-D
65 made me d'awwwwwww
Where's porn?
*sigh* It's scenery like this that makes me wish I lived in Japan.
gallery FAIL
Such a beautiful view...
http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs48/f/2009/220/8/f/Washinomiya_Shrine__Lucky_Star_by_BishieNuriko.png
Photo I took last year.
Looks familiar doesn't it.
No 48 (the triangular one) looks familiar.
If I remember right this is the actual grave of Jesus, who ended up in Tohoku somehow according to local myth.
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Some of those shrines won't be standing a few decades from now, judging by all the decay and moss. Such things happen quickly unless the local community makes an active effort to save places like these. Of course a pair of twin miko would help as well (especially if one of them is a tsundere). A nice gallery all in all.
I believe the buildings are continuously updated with fresh timber, when decaying of wood becomes apparent. Shrines are kept in their original appearance, but renewed with new wood.
But not all religious structures seem to be that well kept, after all. Maybe they are replaced elsewhere.
Those pics are HOT and Sexy! I'm so horny right now <3
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I swear none of the other galleries come even close to the level of arousal this gallery gives.
damn, can I join? Those pics made me say "NO" to my girlfriend lol.
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I remember when was said that some of those places were used as "inspiration" for the backgrounds in elfen lied...
Kamakura mostly.
No Hakurei jinja??
Go Gensoukyo
Hakurei....jinja no....BINBO MIKO!!
.......HAI!.......HAI!.............HAI SEIKAI!!!!!
KUIZU JAINAI IN DESU YO!!
Awesome pics. I'd really love to take a tour around Japan and visit as many shrines as possible.
Btw, what's those paper-thingies called that are tied to a rope that's around a tree?
Those are Shide, used for blessings.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shide_(Shinto)
Then train up your physical condition. Shrines are usually on top of high hills. That`s hard climbing, bro.
Is 35-41 a place where these are manufactured? This stretch of pics seems so odd.
The juxtaposition of 34 is just so bizarre.
The rest are exquisite though. Many are extravagant, but my favorite are the minimal ones.
Those are some sexy torii. I came twice from this gallery.
All these "torii" gates remind me of someone we all know...
Jigoku Shoujo
(no19 looks like da temple entrance for bakemono though)
jinja, not jinger... it's not cool
You mean 'ginger'?
Don't blame me, it was in the original thread. "Jinja" and "ginger" are pronounced/spelled identically in Japanese.
Technically, the pronounciation should go like this:
ginger = jinjaa
"Ginger" is used alongside "Shouga".
technically, wouldn't it be pronounced "shouga"?
that being the actual japanese word for ginger.