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Kyoto Imperial Palace

The Kyōto Imperial Palace, also known as Dairi, is the former palace of the Emperor of Japan from 1337 to 1869 located in , , . Since the Meiji Restoration in 1869, the Emperors have resided at the , while the preservation of the Kyoto Imperial Palace was ordered in 1877.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Sentō-gosho and Shirakumo Shrine.

Palace
In Japan, the Sentō Imperial Palace traditionally does not refer to a single location, but to any residence of retired emperors. Before Emperor Akihito abdicated in 2019, the last Emperor to retire did so in 1817, so the designation commonly refers to the Kyoto Sentō Imperial Palace.

Shinto shrine
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is a Shinto shrine in , in , Japan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kyōto-Gyoen and Kamigyō-ku.

Neighborhood
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Kyoto Gyoen National Garden is a 65-hectare national garden of Japan that was established after the Japanese capital was transferred from Kyoto to Tokyo. It is situated around the Kyoto Imperial Palace.

Suburb
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is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in , . The ward was a district of residences for the royalty, aristocrats, and upper classes in the old capital of JapanーHeian-ky.

Suburb
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is one of the eleven wards in the city of , in , . Its name means "central capital ward." As of 2021, the ward has an estimated population of 109,629 people.

Kyoto Imperial Palace

Latitude
35.02328° or 35° 1′ 24″ north
Longitude
135.76329° or 135° 45′ 48″ east
Elevation
53 metres (174 feet)
Open location code
8Q7Q2QF7+88
Geo­Names ID
8125828
Wiki­data ID
Q1202239
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Kyoto Imperial Palace” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “القصر الإمبراطوري في كيوتو”
  • Basque: “Kyotoko jauregi inperiala”
  • Belarusian: “Імператарскі палац у Кіёта”
  • Belarusian: “Імпэратарскі палац Кіёта”
  • Burmese: “ကျိုတိုဘုရင့်နန်းတော်”
  • Catalan: “Palau Imperial de Kyoto”
  • Cebuano: “Kyoto Imperial Palace”
  • Chinese: “京都御所”
  • Chinese: “京都皇宮”
  • Croatian: “Carska palača u Kyotu”
  • Czech: “Kjótský císařský palác”
  • Dutch: “Kyoto Imperial Palace”
  • Esperanto: “Kiota Imperiestra Palaco”
  • Finnish: “Kioton keisarillinen palatsi”
  • French: “Kyōto-gosho”
  • French: “palais impérial de Kyoto”
  • Georgian: “იმპერატორის სასახლე (კიოტო)”
  • Georgian: “იმპერატორის სასახლე”
  • German: “Kaiserpalast Kyoto”
  • German: “Kaiserpalast Kyōto”
  • German: “Kaiserpalast von Kyoto”
  • German: “Kaiserpalast von Kyōto”
  • German: “Kyoto Gosho”
  • German: “Kyōto Gosho”
  • Indonesian: “Istana Kekaisaran Kyoto”
  • Italian: “Kyōto-gosho”
  • Italian: “Palazzo imperiale di Kyoto”
  • Japanese: “京都御所”
  • Japanese: “京都皇宮”
  • Japanese: “内裏”
  • Japanese: “安政内裏”
  • Japanese: “宮中”
  • Japanese: “御所”
  • Japanese: “禁中”
  • Japanese: “禁裏”
  • Korean: “교토 어소”
  • Korean: “교토고쇼”
  • Latin: “Palatium Imperatorium Kyoto”
  • Persian: “کاخ امپراتوری کیوتو”
  • Portuguese: “Kyoto Gosho”
  • Portuguese: “Kyōto Gosho”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio Imperial de Kyoto”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio Imperial de Kyōto”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio Imperial de Quioto”
  • Russian: “Императорский дворец в Киото”
  • Russian: “Императорский дворец Киото”
  • Slovenian: “kjotska cesarska palača”
  • Slovenian: “Kjotska cesarska palača”
  • Spanish: “Kyōto Gosho”
  • Spanish: “Palacio Imperial de Kioto”
  • Spanish: “Palacio Imperial en Kioto”
  • Swedish: “Kejsarpalatset i Kyoto”
  • Tamil: “கியோட்டோ அரண்மனை”
  • Thai: “พระราชวังเคียวโตะ”
  • Thai: “พระราชวังหลวงเกียวโต”
  • Turkish: “Kyoto İmparatorluk Sarayı”
  • Ukrainian: “Кіотський Імператорський палац”
  • Ukrainian: “Кіотський Імператорський сад”
  • Ukrainian: “Кіотський палац”
  • Wu Chinese: “京都御所”

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