{"id":215,"date":"2012-01-24T15:57:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-24T23:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jett.in\/?p=215"},"modified":"2012-01-24T15:57:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-24T23:57:00","slug":"torii-then-and-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/2012\/01\/torii-then-and-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Torii, Then and Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>a coworker sent me a link to these <a href=\"http:\/\/www.retronaut.co\/2010\/06\/old-japan-in-3d\/\" target=\"_blank\">stereoscopic animated GIFs<\/a> made from old photographs of Japan. one of them caught my eye:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.retronaut.co\/2010\/06\/old-japan-in-3d\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.howtobearetronaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Torii-gates-at-Inari-Shrine-Kyoto.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"498\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>i wasn&#8217;t going to go to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.japan-guide.com\/e\/e3915.html\" target=\"_blank\">Fushimi Inari Shrine<\/a> (near Kyoto) because i wasn&#8217;t sure i&#8217;d have enough time, but i ended up having the last three hours or so of daylight free one day, so off i went. i&#8217;m so glad i did. i wasn&#8217;t sure what to expect, but it was absolutely breathtaking, seeing all of those <em>torii<\/em>\u00a0making bright\u00a0vermilion\u00a0corridors on the mountainside. i love this GIF! after passing through those thousands(? seemed like it) of gates, having this glimpse into the past and getting an idea of how they were constructed adds another dimension to an already fascinating location.<\/p>\n<p>some pictures i took:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/6503068419\/in\/photostream\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7021\/6503068419_b536c37439_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/6503065825\/in\/photostream\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7142\/6503069785_f9b45cddc1_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"457\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/6503065825\/in\/photostream\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7006\/6503065825_dd917f0fbc_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/6503066529\/in\/photostream\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7173\/6503066529_50e0768d13_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and the rest of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/sets\/72157628396462083\/with\/6503066529\/\" target=\"_blank\">my japan photos<\/a><\/p>\n<p>p.s. i seem to recall the Fushimi Inari Shrine making a cameo appearance in a credit card (visa?) ad from maybe two decades ago (confirmed, iirc, by twitter user @dkmomus). i tried looking on youtube for it but came up empty. anyone?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>a coworker sent me a link to these stereoscopic animated GIFs made from old photographs of Japan. one of them caught my eye: i wasn&#8217;t&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"Torii, Then and Now http:\/\/wp.me\/p29h0V-3t #travel #travelblog #japan","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[12],"tags":[325,384,404,429,733],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - 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