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Imperial Palace

The current Imperial Palace is in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo. Inside the Imperial Palace, there are buildings such as Gosho which is the residence of the Emperor and Empress, the Palace which carries out various events, the Government Building related to the Imperial Household Agency, the Momijiyama Goyosanjo, etc. In one corner there is the Imperial Palace East Garden that contains Toukagakudo etc.

Imperial Palace

Visit Guide of the Imperial Household Agency: Facility Information: Imperial Palace

The palace that used to be the castle of the Tokugawa shogunate (Edo castle) was regarded as the Imperial Palace in October of the beginning year of Meiji era (1868), the following Meiji 2nd year (1869) March, Emperor Meiji left Kyoto that had been the imperial palace for about a thousand years, and moved to this place and has reached the present.
Chiyoda ward, Tokyo


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