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I have a set of souvenir cups purchased in Japan during the 1990's depicting Tokyo locales. There are no markings or production information, only the kanji depicted on the cup design.

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To me, it looks like 缶田門. I suppose 缶田 phonetically could be Kanda, but as far as I know only 神田 is used.

Or could it be some some antiquated usage? Or something completely different?

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It's 雷門

The Kaminarimon (雷門, "Thunder Gate") 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, 11.4 m wide and covers an area of 69.3 m2.[1] The first gate was built in 941, but the current gate dates from 1960, after the previous gate was destroyed in a fire in 1865. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaminarimon

https://jisho.org/search/雷門

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  • Thanks, I should have gotten that given the touristy theme. Is this stylized kanji used elsewhere?
    – user3169
    Commented Feb 13, 2021 at 2:29
  • I think I may have never seen this style of writing before
    – thirdcharm
    Commented Feb 13, 2021 at 2:45
  • @user3169 If you mean the radical rain, it's a mildly cursive way of writing similar to this: m.facebook.com/1131791786888758/videos/1262819460452656
    – broccoli forest
    Commented Feb 13, 2021 at 4:29

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