We walked out into the middle of the road and stood there looking back at the temple. We could do this because the road had hardly any traffic on it. I took two last pictures of the temple buildings. Then we turned and proceeded into the grounds of a large Shinto shrine.
Almost as soon as we left the road, we encountered a large, wooden
torii, or gate. These are always found at the entrance to the grounds of a shrine. We could see a large building in the distance.
After passing through the torii and entering the grounds, we discovered another torii and another group of buildings off to our left. I decided that this must be a secondary shrine, because, for one thing the buildings did not really have walls. Instead there seemed to be waist high screens between the pillars.
Without stopping, we continued into the main part of the grounds. The primary building was a huge, sprawling thing with many covered walkways leading to the actual entrances. These walkways had waist high fences but no walls. However, the main part, inside and at the back, had walls so we could not see into it.
Almost as soon as we left the road, we encountered a large, wooden torii, or gate. These are always found at the entrance to the grounds of a shrine. We could see a large building in the distance.
After passing through the torii and entering the grounds, we discovered another torii and another group of buildings off to our left. I decided that this must be a secondary shrine, because, for one thing the buildings did not really have walls. Instead there seemed to be waist high screens between the pillars.
Without stopping, we continued into the main part of the grounds. The primary building was a huge, sprawling thing with many covered walkways leading to the actual entrances. These walkways had waist high fences but no walls. However, the main part, inside and at the back, had walls so we could not see into it.
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