Etched Sorrow·Rakuchū / Kyoto Station

Rajomon, Kyoto's Lost Southern Gate

The main southern gate of Heian-kyō, at the foot of Suzaku avenue. Built in 794, toppled twice by storms and never rebuilt after 980. Known as the setting evoked by Akutagawa's "Rashōmon," it survives now only as a stone marker in a children's park.

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These notes come from desk research. Local traditions vary.