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A in Japanese architecture is the road approaching either a Shinto shrine or a Buddhist temple.〔Iwanami Japanese dictionary, 6th Edition (2008), DVD version.〕 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 can refer both to a path or road, and to the path of one's life's efforts. See, Karatedo. c.f. Taoism 道 There can also be stone lanterns and other decorations at any point along its course. A ''sandō'' can be called a , if it is the main entrance, or a if it is a secondary point of entrance, especially to the rear; are also sometimes found. The famous Omotesandō district in Tokyo, for example, takes its name from the nearby main access path to Meiji Shrine where an ''ura-sandō'' also used to exist. 〔 〕 ==Gallery== File:Ebaraji sanmon.jpg|A Buddhist ''sandō'' File:Sada shrine Sandou.jpg|A ''sandō'' in Osaka File:Taroubougu_3.JPG|A ''sandō'' with stairs File:Kozanji Kyoto Kyoto07s5s4592.jpg|The ''sandō'' at Kōzan-ji, Kyoto 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sandō」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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