Sugar King Park - Saipan

The Japanese Shinto Shrine within Sugar King Park features the most enduring symbol of Shinto architecture-the entrance gate or torii. Shinto means “way of the gods or spirits.” The torii is a sacred gateway to the home of the spirits and serves as the demark between the finite earthly world and the sacred world of the infinite. Torii means “bird” or “perch” and is designed for birds to nest, traditionally constructed of two columns with two cross beams. In Shinto birds are considered messengers of the gods.

Sugar King ParkSacred ToriiShinto ShrineRed BridgeJapanese