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- Kaminarimon Gate of Senso-ji Temple, Japan
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Jumat, 21 Juni 2013
Release date
- 2009-09-09
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Kaminarimon Gate marks the entrance to
Senso-ji Temple, a temple located in Tokyo's Taito City. The gate's
official name is Furaijinmon ("Wind and Thunder God Gate"), and the
Japanese wind and thunder gods are enshrined in the left and right sides
of the gate. A huge lantern measuring 3.3 m in diameter and 3.9 m in
height, with a weight of 700 kg, hangs in the center of the gate. Built
by Taira-no-Kinmasa in the year 942, the gate was moved to its current
location during the Kamakura period (1192-1333). The wind and thunder
gods, enshrined when the gate was relocated, were first enshrined to
protect from calamities, but they eventually came to be regarded as
bringers of peace and plentiful harvests. Kaminarimon Gate has been
destroyed three times by fires, and in 1960 it was rebuilt for the first
time in 95 years. It is now considered a representative structure of
the Asakusa area.