Under the Great Lantern
Best time: Early morning
Portrait · Straight up through the gate
Stand beneath the giant red lantern and shoot upward — go before 8 AM to get the gate without crowds.
Photo: Tokumeigakarinoaoshima · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
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The Thunder Gate and its giant red lantern — Tokyo's front door.
The 700-kg red lantern of the Thunder Gate is the most photographed object in Asakusa. Look up as you pass under it — a dragon is carved into the lantern's base.
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- Neighborhood
- Taito · Photo
- Best time
- Early morning for an empty gate
- Typical visit
- 20 min
- Best for
- PhotographyFirst-time Visitors
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