rōmon
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thumb|Rōmon at Hannya-ji, a National Treasure. Note the absence of stairs to the second story.
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thumb|Rōmon at Hannya-ji, a National Treasure. Note the absence of stairs to the second story.
The is one of two types of two-storied gates used in Japan (the other one being the nijūmon, see photo in the gallery below). Even though it was originally developed by Buddhist architecture, it is now used at both Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines. Its otherwise normal upper story is inaccessible and therefore offers no usable space. It is in this respect similar to the tahōtō (a two-storied pagoda) and the multi-storied pagoda, neither of which offers, in spite of appearances, usable space beyond the first story. In the past, the name also used to be sometimes applied to double-roof gates.