Accompanied by Saegusa Mikie, Chen Yu once again arrived in front of the small shrine within Kawakami Cemetery.
Calling it a shrine was a bit of a stretch, as it was just a tiny Torii gate and a shrine that was far too small for anyone to enter. But since there was a Torii gate and a shrine enshrining a divine body, this place was the abode of the deities, sacred land.
In order to show respect to the deities, Chen Yu clapped his hands twice before the Torii gate according to the customary rites, then led Saegusa Mikie, who performed the same clapping gesture, through the Torii gate.
The Torii gate holds significant meaning in Shintoism, marking the boundary between deities and mortals. Stepping through the Torii gate symbolized entering the divine domain.
However, this divine domain was not delineated by the deities themselves but was based on the territorial extent of the shrine. Essentially, the Torii gate demarcated the shrine's boundaries.
