Free venue
Hakata Sennen-no-mon Gate
Temple Explanation
The Hakata Sennen Gate is a welcome gate that guides visitors to Hakata’s temple and shrine district, an area rich in historical cultural assets. Wishing for the enduring significance of Hakata’s past thousand years and the prosperity of the next thousand, the name was publicly solicited nationwide, and from many entries, it was named ‘Hakata Sennen Gate’ and completed in March 2014.Address
1-29-9 Hakata Ekimae, Hakata Ward, Fukuoka City
Nearest Station / Bus Stop
Subway5-minute walk from Gion Station (Subway)
Lighting Point
Hakata-sennenn-no-mon Gate
The Hakata Sennen Gate, standing at the boundary between the hustle and bustle of Hakata and the tranquility of the old city, is the entrance to the ‘Forest of Light’ and symbolizes its beginning. The green light hidden inside the gate quietly foreshadows the story of the forest that will spread from here, guiding people to their own ‘Forest of Light.’ Behind it stretches the scenery of a forest where the four seasons breathe, heralding a prologue to a fantastical world.