TOKYO — Sunday was another gorgeous day ... Then, it was on to the Imperial Palace gardens. Unfortunately, we were unable to get an Imperial Palace tour booked. So... gotta come back to Japan ...

You'd think the Imperial Palace would be mobbed with tourists, but it's not. You can credit the lack of crowds to an application policy, which limits the number of visitors. That's because the ...

The tower doesn't quite scrape the skyline like the 59-meter-high main keep of Edo Castle once did, but the miniature version of it now at Tokyo's Imperial Palace is still nothing to sneeze at.

This cherry blossom festival, one of Tokyo's most popular, takes place along the 700m-long Chidorigafuchi Ryokudo promenade near the Imperial Palace, around which there are some 250 sakura trees.

Japan's Emperor Naruhito has planted rice seeds at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in an annual tradition to promote farming. The tradition was started by his grandfather, Emperor Showa, and has ...

was developing as an important rest stop along the ancient Tokaido trade route between the former imperial capital Kyoto and Edo (what came to be Tokyo). Whereas Shinagawa had become a bustling ...

About 3,000 people currently list “Chiyoda 1, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo,” the parcel number of the Imperial Palace, as their honseki, making it the most popular registered domicile in the country.

Located 700 meters west of Tokyo Station, this is one of the older hotels in the city, located in a prime spot facing the eastern moat of the Imperial Palace grounds. All rooms have lovely views ...