The Hozomon (???), literally "Treasure-House Gate", is the inner of two large entrance gates that ultimately leads to the Senso-ji. The two-story gate stands 22.7 meters (74 ft) tall, 21 meters (69 ft) wide, and 8 meters (26 ft) deep. First built in 942 by Taira no Kinmasa, the original Hozomon was destroyed by fire in 1631 and rebuilt by Tokugawa Iemitsu in 1636. It stood for 300 more years until burned down during the Tokyo air raids of 1945. In 1964, the present steel-reinforced concrete structure was built with a donation of ?150 million from Yonetaro Motoya. Since it was reconstructed using flame-resitant materials, the upper story stores Senso-ji's treasured sutras, including a copy of the Lotus Sutra, a designated a Japanese National Treasure, and the Issai-kyo, a complete collection of Buddhist scriptures, a designated Important Cultural Property. The Hozomon houses statues on either side of the gate’s south face--5.45-meter tall cypress statues of Nio, the Deva King guardian deity of the Buddha, which gave the gate its original name—the Niomon (???), or Nio Gate (Deva Gate). The open-mouth style Ni-Ou on the west was chiseled by Nishikido Shinkan, and the closed mouth style Ni-Ou on the east was chiseled by Muraoka Kyusaku, both in 1964. The gate also features three large lanterns—the largest and most prominent of which is a 3.75-meter high, 2.7-meter in diameter, 400-kilogram, red chochin (??). The current iteration of the lantern dates back to 2003 when ?5 million was donated by the people of Funamachi to commemorate the 400th-year-anniversary of the start of the Edo period. On either side of the chochin hangs two 2.75 meter-tall copper toro weighing approximately 1000 kg each. On the north (back) face are the o-waraji, two 4.5-meter long, 1.5-meter wide straw waraji (??) sandals that weigh 2500 kg each. Charms against evils because they are symbolic of the power of Ni-Ou, they were made by 800 citizens of Murayama City in a month and devoted to Senso-ji. Kinryu-zan Senso-ji (??????), or Senso-ji, also known as Asakusa Kannon Temple, is a Buddhist temple—the oldest temple in Tokyo. Legend says that in the year 628, the brothers Hinokuma Hamanari and Hinokuma Takenari, two fisherman, found a statue dedicated to the bodhisattva Kannon, also known as Guan Yin or the Goddess of Mercy, out of the Sumida River. Even though they put the statue back into the river, it always returned to them. Their master, Hajino Nakamoto, recognizing the sanctity of the statue, enshrined it in his house, and then in 645 the holy man Shokai built the first temple on this location. In the early years of the Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu designated Senso-ji as tutelary temple of the Tokugawa clan. During World War II, the temple was bombed and for the most part, destroyed. It was rebuilt later and is a symbol of rebirth and peace to the Japanese people.

The Hozomon (???), literally "Treasure-House Gate", is the inner of two large entrance gates that ultimately leads to the Senso-ji. The two-story gate stands 22.7 meters (74 ft) tall, 21 meters (69 ft) wide, and 8 meters (26 ft) deep. First built in 942 by Taira no Kinmasa, the original Hozomon was destroyed by fire in 1631 and rebuilt by Tokugawa Iemitsu in 1636. It stood for 300 more years until burned down during the Tokyo air raids of 1945. In 1964, the present steel-reinforced concrete structure was built with a donation of ?150 million from Yonetaro Motoya. Since it was reconstructed using flame-resitant materials, the upper story stores Senso-ji's treasured sutras, including a copy of the Lotus Sutra, a designated a Japanese National Treasure, and the Issai-kyo, a complete collection of Buddhist scriptures, a designated Important Cultural Property. The Hozomon houses statues on either side of the gate’s south face--5.45-meter tall cypress statues of Nio, the Deva King guardian deity of the Buddha, which gave the gate its original name—the Niomon (???), or Nio Gate (Deva Gate). The open-mouth style Ni-Ou on the west was chiseled by Nishikido Shinkan, and the closed mouth style Ni-Ou on the east was chiseled by Muraoka Kyusaku, both in 1964. The gate also features three large lanterns—the largest and most prominent of which is a 3.75-meter high, 2.7-meter in diameter, 400-kilogram, red chochin (??). The current iteration of the lantern dates back to 2003 when ?5 million was donated by the people of Funamachi to commemorate the 400th-year-anniversary of the start of the Edo period. On either side of the chochin hangs two 2.75 meter-tall copper toro weighing approximately 1000 kg each. On the north (back) face are the o-waraji, two 4.5-meter long, 1.5-meter wide straw waraji (??) sandals that weigh 2500 kg each. Charms against evils because they are symbolic of the power of Ni-Ou, they were made by 800 citizens of Murayama City in a month and devoted to Senso-ji. Kinryu-zan Senso-ji (??????), or Senso-ji, also known as Asakusa Kannon Temple, is a Buddhist temple—the oldest temple in Tokyo. Legend says that in the year 628, the brothers Hinokuma Hamanari and Hinokuma Takenari, two fisherman, found a statue dedicated to the bodhisattva Kannon, also known as Guan Yin or the Goddess of Mercy, out of the Sumida River. Even though they put the statue back into the river, it always returned to them. Their master, Hajino Nakamoto, recognizing the sanctity of the statue, enshrined it in his house, and then in 645 the holy man Shokai built the first temple on this location. In the early years of the Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu designated Senso-ji as tutelary temple of the Tokugawa clan. During World War II, the temple was bombed and for the most part, destroyed. It was rebuilt later and is a symbol of rebirth and peace to the Japanese people.