雷門

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雷	門
かみなり Grade: S	もん Grade: 2
yutōyomi

雷門 (Kaminarimon): the entrance gate of Sensō-ji temple with the titular hanging lantern in Asakusa, Tokyo

Etymology

Shortened from 風雷神門 (Fūraijinmon, literally “Gate of the Wind and Thunder Gods”), as seen on the back of the giant lantern.

Proper noun

雷(かみなり)門(もん) • (Kaminarimon) 

1. the outer entrance gate of 浅草寺 (Sensō-ji) in Asakusa district, Tokyo
2. a placename in 台東 (Taitō) Ward, Tokyo just south of the Kaminarimon gate

See also

• 金(きん)龍(りゅう)山(ざん) (Kinryūzan)
• 宝蔵門(ほうぞうもん) (Hōzōmon)