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The Imperial Palace East Gardens is a historical garden in The Imperial Palace in Tokyo. The gardens however, were first in use by the Tokugawa shogunate.
Imperial Palace East Garden | |
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皇居東御苑 | |
General information | |
Location | 1-1 Chiyoda, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-8111, Japan |
Town or city | Chiyoda, Tokyo |
Country | Japan |
Coordinates | 35.6868°N 139.7571°E / 35.6868; 139.7571 |
Construction started | 1961 |
Completed | 1968 |
Opened | October 1st 1968 |
Owner | Imperial Household Agency |
Technical details | |
Size | 210,000 square metres |
Grounds | Edo Castle (Ruins) Imperial Palace, Tokyo (Modern) |
Website | |
https://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-event/higashigyoen02.html |
There is a bridge which leads to Sakashita-mon gate nearby is the Imperial Household Agency building and Tokyo Imperial Palace (or "kyuden")
The garden was built on the grounds of Edo Castle.[1] The Ote-mon Gate functioned as the main gate of Edo Castle.[2] It was used by the feudal lords who came to stay in the castle under the alternating attendance system of the Tokugawa shogunate, as such it was a very important gate. All the gardens areas were used as defence.[2] They are translated as “inner circle of defense” (honmaru), “second circle of defense” (ninomaru), and “third circle of defense” (sannomaru).[3] Suwa-no-cha-ya, was built by Emperor Meiji in 1912[4] and is a tea house. Emperor Meiji also lived in the Nishinomaru[1] palace near the gardens, he lived at the Nishinomaru from 1869-73.[1]