Nijō Castle

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Japanese castle UNESCO World Heritage Site historic site tourist attraction

Nijō Castle is a historic shogunal residence and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its ornate palaces, beautiful gardens, and “nightingale” floors that chirp when walked upon.

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Label Occurrences
Nijō Castle canonical 7
Nijo Castle 3
Ninomaru Palace 2

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Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese castle ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle Edo period architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Emperor Meiji ⓘ
Tokugawa Iemitsu ⓘ
Tokugawa Ieyasu ⓘ
Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ
builder Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ
constructedFor Tokugawa Ieyasu ⓘ
constructionEnd 1603 ⓘ
constructionStart 1601 ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
currentUse museum ⓘ
public historic site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
expandedBy Tokugawa Iemitsu ⓘ
expansionCompleted 1626 ⓘ
floorType nightingale floors that chirp when walked upon ⓘ
hasGardenStyle Edo-period stroll garden ⓘ
Japanese garden ⓘ
hasPart Honmaru Garden ⓘ
Nijō Castle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Honmaru Palace

Karamon gate ⓘ
Ninomaru Garden ⓘ
Nijō Castle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ninomaru Palace

gardens ⓘ
inner moat ⓘ
outer moat ⓘ
stone walls ⓘ
tea houses ⓘ
turrets ⓘ
watchtowers ⓘ
heritageDesignation Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto ⓘ
surface form: Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)
historicalEvent site of the 1867 declaration restoring imperial rule (Taisei Hōkan) ⓘ
locatedIn Honshu ⓘ
Kansai region ⓘ
Kyoto ⓘ
Kyoto Prefecture ⓘ
Kyoto ⓘ
surface form: Kyoto city center

Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto ⓘ
notableFeature decorative metal fittings ⓘ
nightingale floors ⓘ
ornate wood carvings ⓘ
sliding door paintings ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
originalPurpose Kyoto residence of the Tokugawa shoguns ⓘ
symbol of Tokugawa authority in Kyoto ⓘ
ownership Kyoto ⓘ
surface form: City of Kyoto
region Kansai, Japan ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 1994 ⓘ

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Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kyoto → contains → Nijō Castle ⓘ
Kyoto Imperial Palace → nearbySite → Nijō Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nijo Castle
Nijō Castle → hasPart → Nijō Castle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ninomaru Palace
Nijō Castle → hasPart → Nijō Castle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Honmaru Palace
Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto → contains → Nijō Castle ⓘ
Fushimi Castle → materialsReusedIn → Nijō Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nijo Castle
Kyoto metropolitan area → hasCulturalHeritageSite → Nijō Castle ⓘ
Osaka and Kyoto → hasLandmark → Nijō Castle ⓘ
subject surface form: Kyoto
Karamon gate → notableExampleAt → Nijō Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nijo Castle
Ninomaru Garden → locatedIn → Nijō Castle ⓘ
Ninomaru Garden → partOf → Nijō Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nijō Castle complex
Ninomaru Garden → adjacentTo → Nijō Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ninomaru Palace
Honmaru Garden → locatedIn → Nijō Castle ⓘ
Honmaru Garden → partOf → Nijō Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Honmaru (inner citadel of Nijō Castle)
Honmaru Garden → associatedWith → Nijō Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nijō Castle Honmaru Palace
Honmaru Garden → hasView → Nijō Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: inner citadel area of Nijō Castle
Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto → contains → Nijō Castle ⓘ
Imperial Palaces → hasPart → Nijō Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nijō Castle (former imperial residence)