OMG, you know what it is? It is a stargate.
Etsuko Otani, left, her husband, Kenichi, and their Jack Russell Terriers, Ashu, left, and Beat, walk through "chi no wa," or a "ring of cogon grass," as they leave Ichigaya Kamegaoka Hachimangu shrine in Tokyo Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. The shrine specially arranges the dates for pet-owners and their pets to offer the New Year's prayers together. Worshippers go through the ring to purify themselves before entering the shrine.
A Shinto priest Masaki Kaji performs rites at Ichigaya Kamegaoka Hachimangu in Tokyo, Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. The shrine specially arranges the dates for pet-owners and their pets to offer the New Year's prayers together.