Uji Bridge
In wood.
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Ise Jingu is a complex of Shinto shrines in quiet cedar forest in the city of Ise. You cross the long wooden Uji Bridge over a clear river, then walk broad gravel paths among giant trees to plain wooden buildings with thatched roofs. It is Shinto's holiest and most important site. It has two main shrines, the Inner Shrine, Naikū, and the Outer Shrine, Gekū, about 6 km apart, with 123 further shrines in and around the city. The buildings are of solid cypress joined without nails and are rebuilt every 20 years. The public may not approach the main structures, which visitors see from behind tall wooden fences. You walk from the bridge through the forest to the Inner Shrine, then wander the old Oharai-machi street next to it with its wooden shops and food stalls. The Inner Shrine is about 4 km in a straight line south of central Ise. Photography is not allowed in front of the main sanctuary.
In wood.
Giant trees.
Old street.
Ise city, Mie Prefecture
No, you see them from behind fences.
The Inner Shrine, then the Outer if time allows.