How to Use torii in a Sentence
torii
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Visit the iconic Fushimi Inari Shrine, famous for its thousands of torii gates.
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Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
4 Dec. 2025
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Fushimi is home to the popular climbing torii gates of Fushimi Inari Shrine, but most tourists only make it that far.
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Jessica Kozuka,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Apr. 2026
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Set the scene The electric whoosh of automatic doors at the entrance, activated by room keys, act like a Shinto torii gate, marking the transition between two starkly different worlds—inside and outside the hotel.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 Apr. 2026
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Among other popular areas, see the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden with a Shinto shrine and wooden torii and the Bonsai Collection, marking its centennial.
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Michele Herrmann,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Lara recommends spending time in the Peace Memorial Park, visiting the Genbaku Dome, and taking a ferry ride to nearby Miyajima Island to see the floating torii (a traditional Japanese gate) of Itsukushima Shrine.
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Matt Ortile,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 May 2025
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