KOMACHI'S TRAVEL GUIDE: The gate between the Noble Quarter and the Temple Quarter is a wide and handsome one. Reaching across the top is the lucky boat of the Seven Fortunes, all carved from the local green limestone. The doors, gifts of the Crane clan on the city's 500th anniversary, are brass fronted. The sides facing the Temple Quarter each contain eight panels depicting events from the lives of Hantei Jimmu Tennu and the Seven Kami. The sides facing the Noble Quarter also have eight panels, each depicting events from the lives of Shinsei and the Seven Thunders. The depiction of seven Thunders, Fortunes and Kami is one reason this is sometimes called the Sevenfold Gate.
SHIGEKO'S DOSSIER: From the Pious Gate, it is ten minutes to the Civil Hall, thirteen minutes to the Magistrate Residence, ten minutes to the Temple of Daikoku, four minutes to the Temple of the Sun Goddess, twelve minutes to the Gate of Condescension, and five minutes to the Gate of Oni's Teeth.