Example sentences for: torii

How can you use “torii” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • However, the large stone torii gateway is the oldest in Japan, dating back to 1294.

  • Purchased by both companies and individuals (at vast expense) in the hope of incurring the blessings of the gods, the torii become smaller as you progress through the tunnel and begin to ascend the mountain.

  • In early August the resorts on the lakeshore sponsor the dramatic Torii Matsuri festival, when a great wooden arch is set alight and a thousand burning lanterns are sent floating out across the water.

  • Inari, you will pass many subshrines and countless bright red torii both minute and massive.

  • But take the path at the top right of the compound and you come to the first of Fushimi-Inari’s remarkable features: its long, meandering tunnels of bright orange torii arches.


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