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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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Nijō Castle canonical	7
Nijo Castle	3
Ninomaru Palace	2
Honmaru (inner citadel of Nijō Castle)	1
Honmaru Palace	1
Nijō Castle (former imperial residence)	1
Nijō Castle Honmaru Palace	1
Nijō Castle complex	1
inner citadel area of Nijō Castle	1

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 ⓘ

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)