Sakurada Gate

Sakurada Gate is a gate in the inner moat of in , Japan. It was the location of the Sakuradamon Incident in 1860, in which Tairō Ii Naosuke was assassinated outside the gate by samurai of the Mito Domain and Satsuma Domain.
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  • City gate
  • …lies at an elevation of 10 metres (33 feet)
  • Description: gate of Imperial Palace of Tokyo (Former Edo Castle)
  • Also known as
    “Sakurada”
    “Sakurada-mon”
    “Sotosakurada”
    “Uchisakurada”
  • Established: ~1663

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Shiodome and National Diet Library.
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is an area in , Japan, located…
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The is the national library… is situated 1 km west of Sakurada Gate.
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The Imperial Palace is the main residence of the emperor of Japan. is situated 660 metres northwest of Sakurada Gate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kokyo Gaien National Garden and Hibiya-Koen.
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is located in , Tokyo, just south of the .
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is a district in , .

Sakurada Gate

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Latitude
35.6785° or 35° 40′ 43″ north
Longitude
139.75394° or 139° 45′ 14″ east
Open location code
8Q7XMQH3+CH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 145400030
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­city_gate
Geo­Names ID
1853070
Wiki­data ID
Q5369428

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Sakurada Gate” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “porta Sakurada”
  • Catalan: “Sakurada-mon”
  • Chinese: “樱田门”
  • Chinese: “櫻田門”
  • French: “porte de Sakurada”
  • French: “Porte Sakurada”
  • Japanese: “Sakuradamon”
  • Japanese: “さくらだもん”
  • Japanese: “桜田門”
  • Korean: “사쿠라다몬”
  • Korean: “사쿠라다문”
  • Marathi: “सकुराडा दरवाजा”
  • Persian: “دروازه ساکورادا”
  • Portuguese: “Portão Sakurada”
  • Russian: “ворота Сакурада”
  • Russian: “Сакурада-мон”
  • Spanish: “Puerta Sakurada”
  • Thai: “ประตูซากูราดะ”
  • Ukrainian: “ворота Сакурада”

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