As noted above, the guardhouses above date to the 17th Century. They have been exceptionally well preserved. The gardens and area around the Imperial Palace ... to be Ueno Park but before that ...

KYOTO—Researchers here said they uncovered the apparent remains of the Dairi imperial residence of the Heiankyu palace ... a nursing care home now standing above it. “This string of rare ...

Originally built in 1626, the Honmaru-goten Palace burned to the ground in the late 18th century. The current structure was built in 1847 within the nearby Kyoto Imperial Palace before being moved ...