Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan

Take a tour of the primary residence of Emperor of Japan

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Best time to visit
Mar - May, Sep - Dec
Ideal Duration
5-6 Days
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On Arrival
Starting from
Rs. 43,000

Website

gotokyo.org/en/
  • Ideal for families
  • Ideal for friends
  • Monuments

About Imperial Palace in Tokyo

The Imperial Palace located in Tokyo, which literally also means Imperial Residence, is the primary residing place of the Emperor of Japan. At present, the Tokyo Imperial Palace is located on the former site of a massive park arena covered by massive stone walls and moats right in the middle of Tokyo known as Edo Castle. It is located in Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, in close proximity to the Tokyo Station. Japan’s Imperial family has taken up residence here, and it remains a royal attraction for visitors coming from all over the world.

The Imperial Palace in Tokyo is constructed in the form of a large park, and comprises several buildings in the main palace where the Imperial Family of Japan resides. The Palace also features an archive, several museums and administrative offices in its premises. The entire area occupied by the Imperial Palace is 1.15 sq kms which also includes the gorgeous gardens.

History of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo

The Imperial Palace in Tokyo was constructed on the sites of Edo Castle. In 1873, Edo Castle was destroyed in a fire. In 1888, lots of restoration works were carried out and a new Imperial Palace was built. The entire area is surrounded by thick walls and is home to many buildings and gardens.

Significance of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo

The Imperial Palace in Tokyo is also known to be the largest green area in the central part of Tokyo. The Palace along with the famous Kokyogaien National Gardens make up for the most green area in the city. There is a long trail of 5 km inside the Palace where joggers come every morning either for a walk or run. There are three main parts of the Imperial Palace grounds - the Imperial Palace itself, East Garden, and Kokyo Gaien National Park. In the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, you will find the Imperial Residence, Fukiage Omiya Palace, Imperial Palace, the Imperial Household Agency buildings, Momijiyama Imperial Cocoonery, the Imperial Concert Hall and the East Garden of the Imperial Palace.

Entry to the grounds of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo takes place only twice a year - on the 2nd of January during New Year's Greeting and 23rd of December during the Emperor's birthday. It is only during these two days when visitors are permitted entry to the inner palace grounds to have a glimpse of the Imperial Family. You have to book the entry at least a day in advance.

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Bhavika's 11 days trip to Tokyo

They provided us wonderful package and Raunak guided us through the entire trip. We had an amazing time in South Korea as everything was arranged as per our requirement.Raunak made sure everything was arranged and we had a smooth transition from one city to another. He would call us everyday to make sure we didn't have any issues with the hotel. Car arrangements, tour packages. We will surely book more vacations with Wanderbird.

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Rashmi's 6 days trip to Tokyo

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Srishti's 6 days trip to Tokyo

Visited Japan from 30.1.20.to 6.1.20. All the bookings were planned by Ms Divya of Booking World. She took personal interest in my case and daily she used to talk to my twice daily regarding my itenery. She did it because I am a senior citizen and solo Traveller. Best part of the visit was visit to Mt Fuji and robot restaurant. I visited so many gardens and learned the Japanese way of landscaping

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Vailina's 7 days trip to Tokyo

Nicely Planned Trip. Very proactive team, with continous support on call. I would recommend Booking World for international trips :)

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Divya's 3 days trip to Tokyo

It was wonderful experience going with Booking World team.. Everything was planned perfectly. Tour guide helped us throughout the trip and was available 24*7 over the call for any help. Highly recommend to book it through Tanisha from Booking World. Thanks.

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Rahul's 7 days trip to Tokyo

Destination Japan 13th December, It was extremely planned trip and went without any hiccups.... The itenary was well thought of. The coordination was extremely wonderful from both sides, Special thanks to Sachin, Nitesh and Shubhangi. Special thanks to Hiroshima Guide Mrs Nobu. One of the excellent guides.

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Aradhanapia's 13 days trip to Tokyo

Thanks for a nice trip. There were many positives and nice / polite helps which enables this marvelous trip. If you want an appreciation mail, We can give a detailed one separately. In this mail we are concentrating on improvement points. There were several errors and faults/gaps that could have been easily avoided. Overall we would like to rate the trip as 3.8 out of 5 scale regarding your help and service. The points to be noted. 1 ) In the bus from Haneda airport the driver asked " which Apa hotel you are going ? ... There are many Apa Hotels ? You should have told us ( Aradhana Family and the driver ) that the Apa Hotel near Nishi Shinjuku Gochome station is where we are going. I am attaching a screenshot from google maps in this discussion. You can help your customers with these kind of screen shot maps. As we were not sure, the driver found out with lot of trying with Japanese maps. 2 ) In Haneda airport we were busy locating the driver and searching for data card, so that we can establish communication. The condition that Tokyo metro pass can be activated only from Haneda airport was a big error choice from your side. We missed that and lost that pass fully. Metro train pass can be easily bought anywhere. You should have left that option to us, in case the driver did not turn up. 3 ) For Tokyo tour the bases leaves from a building next to Shinjuku police station. The police station is very prominently known by all. While searching " Love Building " or Love sign or Love statue in front of some building we realized that almost everyone does not speak English, nor there is any building named as " Love Building ". It was 1 chome Building and on the Footpath LOVE is made by structure. 3 ) At Toyoma no one speaks English. The Boys and Girls, Men and Women in Hotel counter also do not speak English. There was big confusion to realize that our rooms were booked the Number to Annex building 1/2 km away in Toyoko Inn Hotel chain and not in the main one near the station. If it was in the building near the station it would have been only 1 km walk with lots of luggage. We had to walk 1/2 km more. There was no lock in the bathrooms of the rooms to Toyoko Inn Hotel ( annex 2 ). These kind of rooms are dangerous as can cause major misunderstanding is someone enters the bathroom, while someone else is using it. 4 ) At Nagoa The Red Planet Hotel was very nice. But very far from Main Railway station. You should have advised us to go to the Hotel by Taxi from Station. We took train to a small station and then walked more than 2 km with luggage, as we were not sure of the best choices. 5 ) In general try to communicate to people with description of multiple landmarks. Your decision of sending our passports to Bangalore office after being rejected from Delhi should have been told to us. We were not aware of these decisions taken by you. We came to know about Visa delay very late. As per our understanding of dates, you sat on our passport, without any action for almost 1 week,( at Gurgaon ) and then rushed around. This is the main reason why we rated your service as 3.8 out of 5. Thanks and Regards Aradhana and Subhashish

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Arun's 7 days trip to Tokyo

The programme was meticulously planned & executed.The response to enquiries were very prompt & specific.Thank you Nishant & Aya for the great personal touch & making our holiday memorable.

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Padma's 7 days trip to Tokyo

Travel agent in Japan was very un-cooperative. She wasn't reahable whenever we called her m neither she guided us when we needed help Citrion travels was very friendly and helpful. They organised the iteneary very well and the choice of hotels were good

Padma Balasubramani Chennai

Ajay's 8 days trip to Tokyo

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FAQ's of Tokyo

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The Imperial Palace gardens are open to the public only two times a year while the Imperial Palace East Gardens are open for tourists all round the year

The Imperial Palace in Tokyo is 280 acres in size. It is encompassed by moats and stone walls.

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