Torii -One or more torii gates mark the approach and entrance to a shrine. They come

in various colors and are made of various materials. Most torii, however are made of

wood, and many are painted orange and black.

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.

Shinto   shrines are places of worship and the dwellings of the kami, the Shinto "gods".

Sacred objects of worship that represent the kami are stored in the innermost chamber

of the shrine where they cannot be seen by anybody.