Nijo-jo (二条城) is the largest castle in Kyoto, built there between 1601 and 1626 at the request of Tokugawa Ieyasu (徳川家康), the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate. Several buildings were destroyed over the centuries, notably the keep in 1750 and the the inner palace in 1788 (both located in the inside the second moat). In 1867 the shogunate ended and the castle became imperial property, and was finally donated to Kyoto city in 1939.
The Ninomaru palace is famous for its beautifully decorated rooms and its nightingale floors (no photography is allowed there). Today the rest of the castle grounds mostly consists of parks and gardens. In 1965 a new garden was built in the northern part of the grounds, with a tea house and a stage overlooking a pond. Recommended for: Access: 1000 円 Nearby: Kōshiya 格子家 (290m), Shinsen-en 神泉苑 (350m), Kyōto 京都 (760m), the Arisugawanomiya Residence 有栖川宮旧邸 (1.1km) External links: Website, ウィキペディア, Wikipedia, Wikipédia, Kyoto Navi, Trip Advisor, Kyoto Design, 京都風光, Inside Kyoto, Marutake, そうだ京都, Satellite view, Map Keywords: Japan, 日本, Japon, Kyoto, 京都, 下京, 中京, 上京, Nijo-jo, 二条城, castle, chateau, UNESCO world heritage, 城 Statistics: visited on 3 occasions, id 27, 13 photos (21 extra photos can be found in the archive). |
