This castle was build mainly for Tokugawa's residence so that the castle doesn't have high and breakable fence around it. But it surrounded the moat. I love to walking around along the moat espesially during spring season with Cherry blossom. The castle is huge and takes for 1-2 hours or more to look around but normally I don't have enough... more

Nijo Castle is huge and takes a while - maybe 90 mins to 2 hours - depending on how much you want to see. we took the english audio tour which was interesting and made it easy to wander around ourselves. Once inside the main building you go from room to room and view all the amazing and gorgeous painted... more

Nijo-jo is huge. The inside, the gardens -- I could have spent much longer there. You remove your shoes at the front and place them into cubby-holes to walk around the inside in your socks, but of course shoe-theft is not a problem in Japan. I toured the castle with my younger cousin, without the aide of a tour guide,... more

If you are one of those people that have always wanted to see the inside of a Shogun's castle, this is the place. The Sunshine Bus Tour (Kyoto Morning) was too quick but well guided. I wanted to stay longer, but we had to get back on the bus to get to our next destination. This castle is truly spectacular.... more

Even though we were worried about the crowds (we'd heard that Nijo-jo was a pretty popular tourist destination), we felt obliged to check out this famous Shogun palace. And I was certainly glad we did. In spite of the row of tour buses parked outside the palace walls, we were able to enjoy the Nijo grounds without feeling too swamped... more

大政奉還がされた間や見ごたえのある襖絵、欄間など、じっくり見たらいくらでも見るところがあります。冬に行かれる際は、ちょっ... more

建物は非常に広く、装飾や絵画も美しくて豪華です。また、廊下を歩いて入場不可の室内を見ていく順路を歩むことになりますが、室... more

この建物は慶長８年(１６０３年)、徳川将軍家康が、京都御所の守護と将軍上洛のときの宿泊所として建築したそうです。３代将軍... more

・京都の観光地、特に寺院などどこでもそうですが見学時間が早々に終わるので注意が必要です。お昼ごはんを食べて、移動して…な... more