American Torii

Catalog United States California

Shoreline Park Torii

Santa Barbara, California, United States

Year erected
1998
Material
wood
Family
shinmei
Setting
public park
Status
standing
Address
Shoreline Dr & Santa Rosa Place, Santa Barbara, CA 93109
Coordinates
34.396708, -119.705886
A weathered wooden shinmei torii standing on a bluff-top dirt path, framing a flight of steps that descends toward the ocean, with a large eucalyptus tree, low chain-link fencing, and boulders on either side under a clear blue sky.
Photo: By Niranjan Arminius - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link

This torii on the bluffs of Shoreline Park was installed with its surrounding Japanese garden in 1998 to honor Santa Barbara's sister city of Toba, Japan. The garden was restored in 2023 by city staff, community volunteers, the Toba Sister City Organization, and Wade Nomura, one of its original designers.

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