The sunken road continued out to a gate, which you can see on the other side of the cars. The road into the temple passed between the Shrine and the gate - very unusual.
The gate resembled the kind of gate that is found at a temple and when I looked in the space, where there is usually a warrior god to protect the temple, I saw this. At first I was a dumbfounded as you probably are. Below I will show you another picture that will clear things up.
Instead of being protectors, these statues seemed to be imprisoned, the grate containing more wood that space.
I finally found a spot where the wooden grate ended - there was still an iron fence, though. This is the statue that we could not see in the second picture. Look at that picture again and you will find that you can see the mouth, the hand, and the robe that flares out to the side.
Looking back through the gate. This is the first view that a new visitor would get. It is just possible to see some of the Shrine buildings in the distance. The red and white sign says that cars are not permitted though the gate. This picture also gives a good view of the massive wooden grate that protects the statues.
The gate resembled the kind of gate that is found at a temple and when I looked in the space, where there is usually a warrior god to protect the temple, I saw this. At first I was a dumbfounded as you probably are. Below I will show you another picture that will clear things up.
Instead of being protectors, these statues seemed to be imprisoned, the grate containing more wood that space.
I finally found a spot where the wooden grate ended - there was still an iron fence, though. This is the statue that we could not see in the second picture. Look at that picture again and you will find that you can see the mouth, the hand, and the robe that flares out to the side.
Looking back through the gate. This is the first view that a new visitor would get. It is just possible to see some of the Shrine buildings in the distance. The red and white sign says that cars are not permitted though the gate. This picture also gives a good view of the massive wooden grate that protects the statues.
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