This is a torii. A torii is a traditional Japanese gate which is typically found at the entrance or inside of a Shinto shrine. They are not all a reddish-orange color but that's the only color I saw. It is a symbol of walking through the ordinary to the spiritual or sacred.
We took the Tour of Tokyo by bus because we were having too much trouble walking. It was wonderful! We could NOT have duplicated the places we visited without a great deal of effort--cabs, busses, walking, etc. While we were off on our own we discovered that many people in Japan did not understand or speak English. We also discovered that we couldn't use a Japanese keyboard. It was pretty complicated.
We visited the Imperial Palace.
We saw the Golden Pavilion also known as Kinkaku-ji Zen Temple. The top two floors are covered in gold leaf! If this was in the USA, people would be swimming over to scrape the gold leaf off.
This is the Senso-ji Temple in the Asakusa section of Tokyo.
We walked down a long stairway at one point.
Bill took some pictures of me in the beautiful garden.
