Shimabara had two omon (entrance gate to the hanamachi), and, with the tegata (permit, 手形), women in the hanamachi are allowed to go out of the district freely; moreover, it was open to commoners irrelevant of age or gender.
嶋原の大門は2箇所存在し、廓の女性達は（手形が必要ではあるが）自由に廓の外へ出ることができ、一般人の出入りも老若男女問わず自由。