Romon is a traditional twostoried gate found in a place of worship in Japan.ampampnbspRomeans multistoried and mon means gate in Japanese.ampampnbspA typical romon in Japan is constructed with wood massive and decorative and has a large hipandgable roof and a wraparound small balcony with railings.ampampnbspRomons that are noted for their artistic beauty and historical significance tend to belong to Shinto shrines.ampampnbspYet no one can answer such simple question as how many romons exist in Shinto shrines in Japan.ampampnbspThis very first book about Shinto romons has two parts.ampampnbspPart 1 is about reporting results of my search for existing Shinto romons across Japan.ampampnbspFirst I explain the unique and systematic techniques I used to search for existing romons.ampampnbspThen I report findings from my search.ampampnbspResults are organized by various topics such as time of construction geographic location relative spatial position notable exterior characteristics zuijin statues and preservation of romons.ampampnbspFindings are primarily aggregated at the group level but notable examples of individual cases specific romons are also provided.ampampnbspIn short Part 1 is designed to answer such basic questions as What is romon What do they look like and Where are they locatedampampnbspPart 2 is about lost Shinto romons.ampampnbspThe existing romons are only a small part of the romons that have ever been built and on average in every several years a romon is lost due to fire earthquake old age among other reasons.ampampnbspPart 2 consists of a collection of fascinating stories and trivia of lost Shinto romons.ampampnbspThese stories and trivia relate to specific shrines famous persons or historic events and are organized chronologically.ampampnbspExamples of topics include Iwashimizu Hachimangu Eight Generations of RomonsampampnbspKashiwahgi Jinja Musical Chairs of Romons The Toyotomi Clan vs. the Tokugawa Clan Who is the Romon Shogun End of the Syncreti