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The sleeping cat carving at Nikkō Tōshō-gū, a white cat curled among peonies日光The Sleeping Cat of Nikkō: What Is It Really Guarding?5 min readA tunnel of vermilion torii gates with black inscriptions at Fushimi Inari Taisha稲荷Why Do Inari Foxes Hold Keys? And Who Paid for 10,000 Torii?6 min readThe great torii of Itsukushima Shrine standing in the sea at sunset厳島The Great Torii of Miyajima Isn't Buried — So How Does It Stand?5 min readMoss-covered stone lanterns and a deer at Kasuga Taisha in Nara春日3,000 Lanterns and Sacred Deer: Kasuga Taisha Explained5 min readAerial view of the keyhole-shaped Daisen Kofun surrounded by moats in Sakai, Osaka古墳Keyhole Tombs: What Are Japan's Kofun — and Who Rests Inside?6 min readThe three wise monkeys carving at Nikkō Tōshō-gū: one covers its ears, one its mouth, one its eyes三猿The Three Wise Monkeys Are Only One Panel of a Life Story5 min readFamilies seated in a vermilion shrine hall during a Shichi-Go-San prayer, children in bright kimono at the front七五What Is Shichi-Go-San? Japan's 7-5-3 Day for Children, Explained5 min read