Sandō

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title: Sandō
text: A sandō in Japanese architecture is the road approaching either a Shinto shrine or a Buddhist temple. Its point of origin is usually straddled in the first case by a Shinto torii, in the second by a Buddhist sanmon, gates which mark the beginning of the shrine's or temple territory. The word dō (道) can refer both to a path or road, and to the path of one's life's efforts. There can also be stone lanterns and other decorations at any point along its course. A sandō can be called a front sandō, if
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description: Road approaching either a Shinto shrine or a Buddhist temple
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