Kyoto Gosё or Imperial Palace, served as the residence of the imperial family until the transfer of Japanese capital from Kyoto to Tokyo in 1868. Emperor Meiji had left the building behind him, but canned it in 1877. However, after the death of the Meiji Emperors Taisho and Showa in 1912 and 1926, respectively, were crowned in the imperial palace in Kyoto. The current Emperor Akihito was crowned already in Tokyo.

The history of this building began at the end of VII century after the Heian period (early name of Kyoto) became the capital of the Japanese state. Its construction was started in the year 794 in the city center. In the period from VII to XII century palace burned to the ground several times, but it is completely restored. Also, the reconstruction carried out due to the deterioration of the building.

Normally during the repairs of the emperor's residence was moved to one of the temporary palace belonging to the Japanese nobility. Kyoto Imperial Palace was just one of the palaces of the time, and became the permanent residence only in the XIV century.

By the appearance of the palace had a hand in some of the rulers. So, in 1569 Oda Nobunaga built the main Regal Chamber, his successors Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu expanded the Palace Square. And in 1789 the chairman of the government sёgunatskogo Sadanobu Matsudaira had a partial restoration, building several buildings in the style of the Heian period. Last reconstruction of the building took place in 1855 after a fire, and since then the appearance of the palace has not changed dramatically.

The palace complex is located in Kamigyō-ku. It is surrounded by a wall, behind which there are several buildings and gardens. The whole area was called the Imperial Park. The complex consists of the main throne room Sisinnes the rooms of the Empress, princes and princesses, the palace of the Empress Mother, small Kogosё Palace, the imperial pond and other facilities.