Guard house and moat at the south-east corner of the outer wall of Nijo-Jo Castle in Kyoto, Japan
Main Gate (Higashiote-mon) of the Nijo Castle in Kyoto, Japan. The roof is constructed of tiles in hip-and-gable fashion, with gables of latticework, and the ridge of the roof is adorned with Shachihoko (a traditional dolphin-like fish). It is formed by a roofed passage that goes between the stonewalls of the Yagura-mon gate with a gate below.
Kara-mon - The gate to the inner compound to the Nijo Castle in Kyoto, Japan Of gabled roof structure, the thatching is cypress bark and in the temple gate style, which features four supporting pillars and a gabled roof with Chinese style gable. It is adorned with an abundance of engravings.
Intricate gold ornaments and inlays decorate the gates of the inner wall at Nijo-Jo castle in Kyoto, Japan
Ninomaru Garden at Nijo-Jo Castle, Kyoto
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.
Ninomaru Garden at Nijo-Jo Castle, Kyoto
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.
Moat at the Nijo-Jo Castle, Kyoto
Look from platform where the five-story white castle donjon is missing over the inner moat of Nijo castle, Kyoto, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Ninomaru Garden at Nijo-Jo Castle, Kyoto
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.
Ninomaru Garden at Nijo-Jo Castle, Kyoto
Strangely cut trees at the Ninomaru Garden at Nijo-Jo Castle, Kyoto
Ninomaru Garden at Nijo-Jo Castle, Kyoto
Engraved boulder in the Ninomaru Garden at Nijo-Jo Castle in Kyoto, Japan