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The gate, with its lantern and statues, is popular with tourists. It stands 11.7 metres (38 ft) tall, 11.4 metres (37 ft) wide and covers an area of 69.3 square metres (746 sq ft). [13] The first gate was built in 941, but the current gate dates back to 1960, after the previous gate was destroyed in a fire in 1865. [citation needed]
During festivals such as Sanja Matsuri, the lantern is collapsed to let tall objects pass through the gate. The characters 金龍山 (Kinryū-zan) on the tablet above the lantern read from right to left and reference the Sensō-ji. The Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center is directly across the street from the gate.
On either side of the chōchin hangs two 2.75 metre-tall copper Tōrō weighing approximately 1000 kg each. All three lanterns are completely removed during festivals such as Sanja Matsuri . On the Hōzōmon's north (back) face are the waraji , two 4.5 m long, 1.5 m wide straw sandals that weigh 400 kg each.
Part of a larger grouping of sacred buildings in the area, Asakusa Shrine is on the east side of the Sensō-ji, down a street marked by a large stone torii. One of the only two buildings in the area to survive World War II , it is designated an Important Cultural Property due to its long history.
Some assessments of the tallest building use 'height to roof' to determine tallest building, as 'architectural feature' is regarded as a subjective and an imprecise comparative measure. However, in November 2009, the CTBUH stopped using the roof height as the metric for tall buildings because modern tall buildings rarely have a part of the ...
Sōji-ji (總持寺) is one of two daihonzan (大本山, "head temples") of the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism. [1] The other is Eihei-ji temple in Fukui Prefecture. Fodor's calls it "one of the largest and busiest Buddhist institutions in Japan". [2]
Awaji Kannon was the dream of real estate magnate Toyokichi Okuuchi. Construction on the statue and its base started in 1977 and took five years to complete. [1] It sat on a 5-story pedestal building that was 20 metres (66 ft) tall.
Also known as the Freedom Tower. Tallest building in the Western Hemisphere by architectural height. Tallest building in New York City and the United States. 7th-tallest building in the world. Roof height is 1,368 feet (417 m), the same as the original World Trade Center. Footprint of the building is 200 by 200 feet (61 by 61 m), the same as ...