Sandō
A sandō (参道, visiting path) in Japanese architecture is the road approaching either a Shinto shrine or a Buddhist temple.[1] Roads to shinto shrines have torii gates. Roads to Buddhist temples have sanmon gates. The word dō (道) can refer a literal road or a metaphorical path of life.[2] Sando sometimes have stone lanterns on their course, or pass through chinju no Mori.
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A Buddhist sandō -
A sandō in Osaka -
A sandō with stairs -
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The sandō at Tsurugaoka Hachimangū, Kamakura
