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Fuji-Hakone-Izu NP, Kanagawa
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Built in 1952 to celebrate the Crown Prince’s investiture and Japan’s independence under the peace treaty, it got its “Peace” plaque in 1964—written by former Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida, who signed the treaty.
Heiwa no Torii is the only Ryobu-style gate among Hakone Shrine’s torii. Four short support pillars brace its main posts, unlike the shrine’s usual Myojin-style gates.
At the July 31 Lake Festival, boats separate by this torii: the music and escort boats stay while one priest takes the offering boat alone to a lake-center rite. The red-rice offering is 3 shō, 3 gō and 3 shaku.
