Intricate gold ornaments and inlays decorate the gates of the inner wall at Nijo-Jo castle in Kyoto, Japan
The Ninomaru gardens of the Nijō castle in Kyoto have been designed by garden master Kobori Enshu. The palace was built for the first Edo shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu in the early Edo period (1603-1868). The garden has a large pond with three islands that symbolize Horai-San, and the crane and turtle mountains of the Taoist mythology.
