Kaminarimon "Thunder Gate" 雷門 - Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan

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Celebrate Ten Years of MiniWorld3D with an update to one of our first models.

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雷門 Kaminarimon ("Thunder Gate") is the first gate into the Sensō-ji complex of Buddhist & Shinto religious buildings in the Asakusa area of Tokyo.

Dany Sánchez, MiniWorld3D founder and author of this model, visited Sensō-ji in 2015 and then published printable miniatures of the whole temple complex. Nine years later, this early model has received the Ten Anniversary treatment and has been updated with enhanced details and optimization! It can be printed large or in resin perfectly, and even in colors with MMU/AMS. 

About the building:

Kaminarimon is the outer of two large entrance gates that ultimately leads to the Sensō-ji (the inner being the Hōzōmon) in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. The gate, with its lantern and statues, is popular with tourists. It stands 11.7 m tall and 11.4 m wide. First built in 941, the current gate dates from 1960, after the previous gate was destroyed in a fire in 1865.

Four statues are housed in the Kaminarimon, two in the front alcoves and two on the other side. On the front of the gate, the statues of the Shinto gods Fūjin and Raijin are displayed. Fūjin, the god of wind, is located on the east side of the gate, while Raijin, the god of thunder, is located on the west side. Two additional statues stand on the reverse of the gate: the Buddhist god Tenryū on the east, and the goddess Kinryū on the west side

A giant red lantern (chōchin) hangs under the center of the gate. It is 3.9 meters tall, 3.3 meters wide and weighs approximately 700 kilograms (1,500 lb). The front of the lantern displays the gate's name, Kaminarimon (雷門). Painted on the back is the gate's official name, Fūraijinmon (風雷神門).

The characters 金龍山 (Kinryū-zan “Golden Dragon Mountain”) on the tablet above the lantern read from right to left and reference the full name of Sensō-ji (from Wikipedia).

MiniWorld3D is happy to bring this model to life as a homage to all the people of Japan. This model was originally designed from scratch in parametric software and updated in Tinkercad, no scans or repurposed models, so it's pristine clean for 3D printing! Please give credit, it's all about spreading culture and education!

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Modeled by Dany Sánchez.

Credits: real location and print photos by Dany Sánchez in Prusa MK4 input shaper and Bambu Lab X1 Carbon AMS. Various matte & sparkle filaments.

-This model uses public domain images of Raijin & Fujin converted into SVG, and “Standing Buddha Shakyamuni” from Scan the World in lieu of the two statues of Tenryu & Kinryu in the back side. 

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Print Instructions

Suggested parameters:

• No supports.
• Lay the flat side of all parts on the print bed, parts should be “lying down” on their backs. Must glue after printing for a permanent assembly. This split in halves allows for no support printing.
  Sand lightly to flatten if the surfaces are not perfectly flat to each other.
• Version with isolated roof allows for printing in more colors.
• At 1:1, the object is small because it fits with the larger assembly of the whole temple complex. Scale to 300% or more for standalone use, especially to showcase the full details and if using colors.

Fine-tune retraction to avoid stringing.
Perimeters: 2
Top layers: 3
Infill: as low as 15%

Input shaper ok

.3mf file with pre-painted 4 colors is provided, for use in MMU / AMS