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Nezu Shrine's Thousand Torii Gates
Last updated August 26, 2026
Fushimi Inari draws the crowds and the influencer photos, but Tokyo has its own tunnel of vermillion gates tucked into a quiet residential slope, and most of the people walking through it are locals who barely give it a second glance.
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