The Kara-mon Gate serves as the ceremonial entrance to the Ninomaru Palace at Nijo Castle. You can identify it by its prominent cypress bark roof featuring curved gables and dense, vivid woodcarvings of cranes, tigers, and mythical creatures. This structure was designed to announce the authority of the Tokugawa shogunate to any visitor approaching the palace.
Kara-mon Gate
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