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Kyoto Imperial Palace
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Phone:
+81 75-211-1215

Address:
3 Kyu014Dtogyoen, Kamigyu014D-ku, Kyu014Dto-shi, Kyu014Dto-fu 602-0881, Japan

The Kyoto Imperial Palace is one of the active palaces of the Emperor of Japan and has the longest history as the capital of Japan. The Emperor declared Meiji Restoration and Charter Oath at this place in 1868. The following year, the Emperor moved into Edo castle, currently Tokyo Imperial Palace, but he ordered the preservation of the Kyoto Imperial Palace in 1877, which is still used as an active palace.. Today, the grounds are open to the public, and the Imperial Household Agency hosts public tours of the buildings several times a day. The Kyoto Imperial Palace is the latest of the imperial palaces built at or near its site in the northeastern part of the old capital of Heian-kyō after the abandonment of the larger original Heian Palace that was located to the west of the current palace during the Heian Period. The Palace lost much of its function at the time of the Meiji Restoration, when the capital functions were moved to Tokyo in 1869. However, the Taishō and Shōwa Emperors still had their enthronement ceremonies at the palace.
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