The Japanese word ‘torii’ translates into a symbolic gateway that marks the entrance ... A dark green statement door framed in backlit black-and-white onyx welcomes me, and I catch sight ...

Kyoto, Japan, March 1955: The Otorii — the gateway to the Heian Jingu Shrine — in Kyoto, Japan, as it was in March 1955. The torii (gateway to a sacred ground) is one of the largest in Japan ...