Kaminarimon

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1 Chome-3-1 Asakusa, Taitō-ku, Tōkyō-to 111-0032, Japan

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N35° 42' 40" E139° 47' 47"   (35.711111111111, 139.79638888889) Start navigation »

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The Kaminarimon (雷門, "Thunder Gate") is the outer of two large entrance gates that ultimately leads to the Sensō-ji (the inner being the Hōzōmon) in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. The gate, with its lantern and statues, is popular with tourists. It stands 11.7 m tall, 11.4 m wide and covers an area of 69.3 m2. The first gate was built in 941, but the current gate dates from 1960, after the previous gate was destroyed in a fire in 1865.

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