The Sanmon gate was built in 1621 in the early Edo Period (1603-1867) on the orders of Hidetada, the second Tokugawa shogun. The gate is 24 meters high and 50 meters wide, making it one of the ...
Nikko Toshogu is famous for many things: A stone torii gate was shipped from about 900 kilometers away by a daimyo of present-day Fukuoka; a five-storied pagoda stands with zodiac animals placed ...