Sento Imperial 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.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kyoto Imperial Palace and Kyoto City Library of Historical Documents.
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Castle
The Kyōto Imperial Palace, also known as Dairi or Kinri, is the former palace of the Emperor of Japan from 1331 to 1869 located in Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. Kyoto Imperial Palace is situated 500 metres northwest of Sento Imperial Palace.
Kyoto City Library of Historical Documents
Museum
Kyoto City Library of Historical Documents opened in Kyoto, Japan, in 1982. The museum's collection of over ninety thousand items relevant to the history of Kyoto includes materials relating to the Yase Dōji that have been designated an Important Cultural Property. Kyoto City Library of Historical Documents is situated 330 metres southeast of Sento Imperial Palace.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kyoto-Gyoen and Kamigyō-ku.
Kyoto-Gyoen
Neighborhood
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.
Kamigyō-ku
Suburb
Kamigyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The ward was a district of residences for the royalty, aristocrats, and upper classes in the old capital of JapanーHeian-kyō.
Nakagyō-ku
Suburb
Nakagyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Its name means "central capital ward." As of 2021, the ward has an estimated population of 109,629 people.
Sento Imperial Palace
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Also known as: “京都仙洞御所”
- Categories: castle, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Kamigyō Ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.02164° or 35° 1′ 18″ north
Longitude
135.76565° or 135° 45′ 56″ east
Open location code
8Q7Q2QC8+M7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Russian—“Sento Imperial Palace” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “仙洞御所”
- French: “Palais impérial Sentō”
- Japanese: “Sento-gosho”
- Japanese: “Sentō-gosho”
- Japanese: “せんとうごしょ”
- Japanese: “仙洞御所”
- Russian: “Императорский дворец Сэнто”
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