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A sandō (参道, visiting path) in Japanese architecture is the road approaching either a Shinto shrine or a Buddhist temple.^[1] Roads to shinto shrines have torii gates. Roads to Buddhist temples have sanmon gates. The word dō (道) can refer a literal road or a metaphorical path of life.^[2] Sando sometimes have stone lanterns on their course, or pass through chinju no Mori.

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  A Buddhist sandō
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  A sandō in Osaka
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  A sandō with stairs
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  The sandō at Kōzan-ji, Kyoto
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  The sandō at Tsurugaoka Hachimangū, Kamakura

1. ↑ Iwanami Kōjien (広辞苑) Japanese dictionary, 6th Edition (2008), DVD version.
2. ↑ See, Karatedo. c.f. Taoism 道