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Hamaguri Gomon Gate

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Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture Kamigyo 3, Kyotogyoen, KamIgyo-kuMap
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  • YTCHENG
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    Old timber palace gate

    Hamaguri Gomon Gate was an old timber gate leading to the Imperial Palace of Kyoto. Worth to see the simple decoration thereat prior to entering the palace.

    Reviewed on Dec 12, 2019
  • Bozeman-Dublin
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    One of Many Entrance Gates But Not The Most Impresive

    This is a very nice gate into the Imperial Palace Complex but it's one of many as far as I can see and a few of them are a lot more impressive and decorative. As another reviewer says I'm not sure why...

    Reviewed on Jun 26, 2019
  • CoisDeZweed
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    Not a special gate

    It really looks nice, but so do the other gates that are part of the palace. So I don't know why this one has to be on trip advisor specifically.

    Reviewed on Aug 8, 2017
  • StellaCastel
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    It is not the main

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    The door is very beautiful and is one of the four doors that has the complex of the Imperial Palace of Kyoto. If they come through the Karamasuma Dori, you will be right to enter there. Otherwise, more is right the princ...

    Reviewed on Sep 15, 2019
  • Travel807128
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    I think it's the most famous.

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    It is one of the nine gates in Kyoto Gyoen. It seems that it is the origin of the very common feeling that the gate that rarely opened at the time of the fire of the palace opened only at this time, so it was compared to clams that it was opened by the fire. There is also the Hama Mikado incident, and I think it is highly known among the first gates.

    Reviewed on May 6, 2021
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