Torii at the Fushimi Inari Shrine

Torii at the Fushimi Inari Shrine, originally uploaded by miquel_martin.

There's two parts to this story: firstly, Fushimi, in Kyoto, hosts the head temple to Inari, the deity of fertility, agriculture, and in general, success. Secondly ,most Shinto shrines have Torii (the red entrance gate), and walknig under it implies a certain act of purification and respect to the shrine.
Now, with Fushimi being the head temple for success, literally thousands of successful (or successful wanna be) businessmen have donated Torii to the temple, flanking its paths as if it were a tunnel for kilometers. The names of the donors are displayed in black Japanese characters. By the way, this is, beyond doubt, my favorite location in Japan, so make sure you don't miss it, and that you stay at least until it starts to get dark...

Aquesta história té dues parts: en primer lloc, Fushimi és la seu del principal temple dedicat a Inari, la deitat de la fertilitat, l'agricultura, i en general, de l'éxit. En segon lloc, la majoria de temples Shintoistes usen el caminar sota un Tori (els arcs d'entrada) com a símbol de purificació i respecte al temple.
Així doncs, Fushimi, el principal temple relacionat amb l'éxit, compta, literalment, amb milers de Tori, donades per empresaris que han triomfat, o voldrien fer-ho. Les Tori amb els noms dels donants escrits en negre flanquejen els camins del temple druant kilometres!
Sense cap dubte, aquest es el meu lloc preferit al Japó i recomanaria a tothom visitar-ho, i especialment, quedar-s'hi fins que comenci a fosquejar...

If you'd like some more info on this picture, there's a bunch of extra details in flickr.