This is the gateway to
Furumine shirine. The gate is called as "
torii". It is said that this word means the place a bird perches on. Ancient people believed that birds were a messenger of gods. However, the
ethmology of this old word is not clear now.
Some minor groups living in mountains in Thailand build a gate at the entrance to their villages, placing a wooden bird on it. Is this a curious coincidence? Anyway, religions in east Asia are thought to have deep relations with rice farming.
神社入口的牌坊叫鳥居。有人解釋這個詞是指鳥在落上的地方。古代人有信仰鳥是神靈的使者。有些住在泰國山岳里的少數民族在村莊入口建個大門, 門上放著一只木制鳥。不知鳥居跟這個門有沒有關係。
"And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer." - The Great Gatsby -
This is the gateway to Furumine shirine. The gate is called as "torii". It is said that this word means the place a bird perches on. Ancient people believed that birds were a messenger of gods. However, the ethmology of this old word is not clear now. 
This giant cedar is in the silent precinct of the Shinto shrine named Ikiko Jinja. It is believed that a god comes down on this holy tree. Many people come to this shrine to pray the god to guard their children. The rope with special paper shows that trees and rocks tied with it are holy objects.