This palace in Kyoto Imperial Park was the residence of the Japanese imperial family until Tokyo became Japan’s capital in 1868. The park is home to both the Kyoto Imperial Palace and the Sento ...

You'd think the Imperial Palace would be mobbed with tourists, but it's not. You can credit the lack of crowds to an application policy, which limits the number of visitors. That's because the ...

Ideally situated between Hibiya Park and Ginza, 200 meters southwest ... when it was built at the request of the Imperial family to house the many foreigners flocking to Japan.