Torii

Have you looked this gate? It is a gate of shrine which calle "Torii", which devides the place for god and the place for people.I guess the shape of gate is one of the Japanese traditional.Recently I wrote about Japanese new year, which people would go to shrine at this season.People walk through the gate to the shrine .If you come to Japan, you can see this kind of gate in many places.

There is one in Japan pavillion , Walt Disney world , Florida, U.S.It is used like a symbolof Japan.And I saw other place overseas, I don't remember where.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torii