Shimabara Omon (Great Gate)
島原大門
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The main gate of Shimabara, the shogunate-licensed pleasure quarter opened in 1641 (the present Korai-style gate dates to an 1867 rebuilding). Behind the splendor of the tayu processions and banquets lay the quarter of women sold into indenture, who lived out their lives inside this gate.
Coffee nearby
Cafe AUSGANG (Kinse Inn)about 101 m on foot
Good Time Coffee Shimabaraabout 312 m on foot
Okaffe Roasting Parkabout 1155 m on foot
Stones nearby
These notes come from desk research. Local traditions vary.