Imperial Gardens Tokyo

The tokyo imperial palace entrance fee is completely 0 yen.

Imperial gardens tokyo. We love free things. The gate is a five minute walk from otemachi station on the chiyoda tozai marunouchi hanzomon and mita subway lines and a 15 minute walk from tokyo station. It is built on the site of the old edo castle.

Lots of english signage which is an improvement since last time i was here many years ago. It is a large park like area located in the chiyoda district of the chiyoda ward of tokyo and contains several buildings including the main palace some residences of the imperial family an archive museums and administrative offices. Includes course notes lunch from a local japanese restaurant bottles of water morning tea.

Every monday and friday open on national holiday except the emperor s birthday february 23 in the event that a national holiday falls on a monday the garden will be closed on the tuesday immediately following the national holiday. The total area including the gardens is 1 15 square kilometres. 9am 4 30pm last entry 4pm.

Edo castle used to be the seat of the tokugawa shogun who ruled japan from 1603 until 1867 in 1868 the shogunate was overthrown and the. Small group number to facilitate a fascinating educational day. 9am 4 30pm last entry 4pm april 15 august.

The imperial palace tokyo garden opening hours. The tokyo imperial palace hours for the garden vary from month to month. This is a very special place for the japanese.

From december 28 to january 3. 1 1 chiyoda chiyoda ku tokyo 100 8111. Most visited in tokyo the imperial palace east gardens 皇居東御苑 kōkyo higashi gyoen are a part of the inner palace area and are open to the public.