Nijūmon

[1] This gate is distinguishable from its relative by the roof above the first floor which skirts the entire upper story, absent in a rōmon.

Some gates have at their ends two sanrō (山廊), 2 x 1 bay structures housing the stairs.

[2] The second story of a nijūmon usually contains statues of Shakyamuni or of goddess Kannon, and of the 16 Rakan, and hosts periodical religious ceremonies.

[3] The sanmon, the gate of a Zen temple of highest prestige, is usually a nijūmon.

[2] Some interior images of the second story of a nijūmon, in this case Kōmyō-ji's sanmon in Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture.