How to tour the Imperial Palace Tours of the palace are offered twice a day in both English and Japanese Tuesday through Saturday at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. The 75-minute tours are free, but ...

Operating under the official title of "The Palace ... and the Imperial Garden. Recent visitors, who called the park fascinating, suggest giving yourself plenty of time to tour and buying tickets ...

Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and Princess Aiko moved out of their longtime residence, the Akasaka Imperial Residence, on Sept. 6. They are moving into the renovated Imperial Palace and ...

Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted throngs of New Year’s well-wishers from a balcony window at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Thursday. Some shouted banzai — “live long” — while others waved ...