Kyoto
Nijō Castle (Nijō-jō) – and the lost Nijō palaces of Nobunaga
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- On screen
- Nijo Palace – castle activity, Kyoto
- Where
- Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan
- Time & access
- Check opening hours and tickets before you go.
In the game
Today’s Nijō-jō was built after the game’s period. Nobunaga’s son Nobutada died at the lost Nijō Shin-gosho palace in 1582.
History in brief
Present Nijō-jō built 1603 (Tokugawa Ieyasu); Ninomaru Palace 1603–26. Nobunaga’s Nijō residences (1569, 1577) stood elsewhere and are lost.
The place today
UNESCO; original Ninomaru Palace survives.
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