The current structure was built in 1847 within the nearby Kyoto Imperial Palace before being moved to its current location in 1894. The interior of the palace features original Edo Period (1603 ...

Japan's Imperial Palace – Kyoto Gosho – showcases the dazzling splendour of Japan's court before it upped sticks to Tokyo in 1869. Step through its massive gates (originally built in 794 and ...

The excavation of ruins of the last castle built by the warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi is being hailed as the greatest discovery in Japan of this century. While there have been references in the ...