Takanawa Great Wooden Gate

Takanawa Great Wooden Gate
高輪大木戸
Takanawa Great Wooden Gate
Takanawa Great Wooden Gate (Japan)
LocationTakanawa, Minato, Tokyo, Japan
RegionKantō region
Coordinates35°38′22″N 139°44′26″E / 35.63944°N 139.74056°E / 35.63944; 139.74056
History
PeriodsEdo period
Site notes
Public accessYes

The Takanawa Great Wooden Gate (高輪大木戸跡, Takanawa ōkido ato) was a wooden gate and checkpoint established by the Tokugawa Shogunate in Edo period Japan to control travel on the Tōkaidō highway and to mark the official entrance to then city of Edo, located in what is now Takanawa, Minato, Tokyo. The gate no longer exists, but the site received protection as a National Historic Site in 1928.