106 rooms and 4,471 m²: Japan's largest wooden building from the Meiji and Taishō eras.
Built in 1899 as a place of rest for Crown Prince Yoshihito, the future Emperor Taishō, it was used by three generations of the imperial family until 1947. A major expansion between 1918 and 1921 gave it its present form, which combines Edo, Meiji and Taishō period building styles in a single complex. With 106 rooms (23 in the inner wing for the emperor and empress, 83 for the retinue) and 4,471 m² of floor area, it is the largest single-structure wooden building in Japan dating from the Meiji and Taishō eras.
Designated a national Important Cultural Property (ten buildings) in December 2003, and included among the hundred historic parks of Japan.
ℹ️ April–October 9:00–17:00 (last entry 16:00), November–March 9:00–16:30 (last entry 15:45), closed on Tuesdays and over the New Year (29 December–1 January). Admission: adults 600 yen, elementary and junior high school 300.
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