Nijoh-joh Castle

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桜の名所
紅葉の名所
世界遺産
★★ ミシュラングリーンガイド二ツ星

Nijyo castle was designated as world heritage in 1994.
　
Nijyo castle was built as an inn by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1603 and became base of Tokugawa shogunate. The castle was used not only as meeting venue of Ieyasu and ToyotomiHideyori but also as a place where 15thshogun Yoshinobu’s Taisei hokan (formal restoration of political authority to the emperor) was carried out in 1867.
　
Structure of Honmaru(important cultural properties) which is existing old Katsuranomiya’s mansion that moved and Ninomaru(national treasure) is warrior family’s auditorium style that six of them are connected each other and murals in the rooms are master pieces of Kano school.
　
Also, inside of the castle is designated as national historical landmark and Ninomaru garden is designated as special tourism spot.
　
The garden and over 200 cherry blossom trees harmonize well.

Address

541, Nijojo-cho, Nijo-dori Horikawa Nishi iru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, 604-8301

TEL

+81-75-841-0096

FAX

+81-75-802-6181

Date Founded

1603

Admission

General admission - 600 yen
Junior highschool, highschool - 350 yen
Primary school 200 yen
* Group admissions are available to general admissions only and will incur a fee of 500 yen per person
* Group admissions apply to groups over 30 people
* Children younger than elementary school age are free of charge.

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