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Nijo Castle is more than 400 years old. Tokugawa Ieyasu built it in the Edo period, and it stands in the center of Kyoto. It marks both the beginning and the end of the Edo period. The castle has two main parts: the Honmaru Palace (Important Cultural Property) and the grand Ninomaru Palace (National Treasure). […]

The Kyoto Imperial Palace keeps the old style of the Emperor’s residence. The current buildings were built in 1855. Until 1869, emperors lived here and held ceremonies and official duties. You can see how building styles changed from the Heian period onward. The main buildings include Shishinden, Seiryoden, Kogosho, Ogakumonjo, and Gotsunegoten. Together with the […]