Tokyo Tower

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Standing at 333 meters (1092.52 ft), Tokyo Tower was built in 1958 as a communications tower with observation decks for tourists. Inspiration for the design was based on the Eiffel Tower, but is many times more robust to withstand Japan's many typhoons and earthquakes.

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Sangedatsumon Gate to Zojoji Temple in the heart of Tokyo near Tokyo Tower. Built in 1622, the two-story gate has survived fires, earthquakes, and wars making it the oldest wooden building in Tokyo. The name of the gate can be transliterated as "three salvations" (san = three; gedatsu = salvation), which is reference to the belief that if you walk through this gate, you can find reprieve from three passions: greed, hatred, and foolishness.

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Cusped window on the side of Sangedatsumon Gate to Zojoji Temple. Called "katomado" (火灯窓) in Japanese (literally "fire light window"), and can be seen in the architecture of Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines, castles, and samurai homes dating back to the 16th century.

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Close-up shot of ancient bolts holding bronze trim to one of the gates of the Sangedatsumon Gate at Zojoji Temple in Tokyo. The gate its self dates back to the 1622. 

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Gate to the Daitokuin Mausoleum complex built for Lord Tokugawa Hidetada, the 2nd Shogun from 1605 to 1623. The gate, which was restored after the war, is all that remains in Tokyo of the once sprawling complex that was destroyed by firebombings.
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