Sakurada Gate

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Sakurada Gate
桜田門
Sakuradamon Gate (Koraimon Gate) of The Imperial Palace.JPG
The gate in 2015
General information
TypeGate
LocationTokyo Imperial Palace
Town or cityTokyo
CountryJapan
Known forThe Sakuradamon Incident

Sakurada Gate (桜田門, sakurada-mon), is a gate at Tokyo Imperial Palace, in Tokyo, Japan. It was the location of the Sakuradamon Incident in 1860.

Opposite the gate of Sakurada Gate is the headquarters of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, which shares "Sakurada Gate" as a metonym (akin to London's Scotland Yard).[1]

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