Onarimon

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Onarimon’s appeal lies in an old gate story preserved in its place name, as well as in the character of a neighborhood where nearby attractions meet. The station takes its name from Onarimon, near the Onarimon intersection; the gate once stood at the northern edge of the Zojoji Temple grounds and was reserved for visits by the Tokugawa shogun family. Today, inside the station, you can see a mix of new and old station signs. The older-style signs still bear the secondary name “Tokyo Tower-mae,…