🏰🌸🚇🎫✨ The Ultimate Guide to Nijo Castle, A Must-Visit Spot!
Nijo Castle is a classic that you absolutely cannot miss in Kyoto! 🏯 It's also a must-check location for any Kyoto travel itinerary! ❶ Built by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1603, it symbolizes the power of the Tokugawa Shogunate. It preserves paintings, sculptures, and architectural features. ❷ The entire castle is surrounded by stone walls and moats, divided into the Honmaru Palace, the Nishinomaru Palace, and the gardens surrounding both palaces. ❸ One of Kyoto's World Cultural Heritage sites, it has witnessed the rise and fall of the Edo Shogunate and is definitely worth a visit. 🚄 Transportation ▪️ Subway 🚇: Take the Tozai Line and get off at 'Nijojo-mae Station'. ▪️ Bus 🚌: Take city bus routes 9/50/101 and get off at 'Nijojo-mae Station'. 🕐 Visiting Time: 1-3 hours ⏰ Operating Hours: 08:45-17:00 🎫 Admission: 800 yen ⚠️ There are discounts for buying tickets online in advance, and you can scan the code to enter directly. This site is a cultural landscape, so it's recommended to rent a Chinese audio guide at the entrance. 🌈 One-Day Kyoto City Walk Route ✔️ Kinkaku-ji (2 hours) → Kamo River (3 hours) → Nijo Castle 🏰 (2 hours) ❶ The whole route is about 8 kilometers; take the subway to Kinkaku-ji in the morning, the golden temple is very characteristic. ❷ There are many restaurants along the Kamo River, have lunch here! ❸ Visit Nijo Castle last, take your time to stroll around. For dinner, find a specialty restaurant. 📸 Recommended Spots ❶ Nishinomaru Garden (Key Point to Visit ⭐) ▪️ One of the castle's gardens, considered a national treasure of Japan, it fully displays the grandeur of the shogun's family, and the garden design is Chinese-style. ▪️ Known as the "Oriole Floor Corridor," walking on it produces the sound of an oriole's song, which served as an alarm in ancient times and is very distinctive. ⚠️ Note: You must remove your shoes to enter, and photography and videography are not allowed 📷. ❷ Moat: At each corner, there are turrets that were used as lookouts, formerly used as equipment storage, and there are traces of historical fires. ❸ Honmaru Palace: Not open to the public at the moment, but you can stroll around the surrounding gardens and courtyards; next to it, there are remains of a donjon from which you can overlook Nijo Castle and Kyoto city. ❹ Seiryu-en Garden: A newly built garden, it belongs to the style of a Western garden. #Japan #JapanFreeTravel #JapanTravel #TravelInJapan #KyotoTravel #Osaka #NijoCastle #Kyoto #KyotoHiddenGems #KyotoJapan
