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Nijō Castle is a flatland castle in Kyoto, and one of the seventeen Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto on the UNESCO World Heritage list. It covers 27.5 hectares inside two rings of fortifications, with the Ninomaru Palace, the Honmaru Palace, a number of support buildings and several gardens.
The tickets are worth understanding before you go. Castle admission covers the grounds; the Ninomaru Palace costs extra, and the Honmaru Palace costs extra again and must be booked online in advance. Entry to the grounds ends at 16:00, and the Ninomaru Palace also closes on Tuesdays in January, July, August and December. Nijōjō-mae Station on the Tōzai Line is about 350 m away in a straight line.
Nishiki Market and Kitano Tenmangū are both about 2 km away, and Kinkaku-ji about 3.3 km.
Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence — see credits
- 二条城 唐門 2025 — ほっきー · CC0 · source · resized
- Kyoto Nijo-jo Daidokoro-Küche 2 — Zairon · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Kyoto Nijo-jo Daidokoro-Küche 1 — Zairon · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Kyoto Nijo-jo Blick auf den Honmaru-goten-Palast 9 — Zairon · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Castello nijo 03 ohiroma ichi-no-ma — sailko · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
What this place is
Nijō Castle (二条城, Nijō-jō) is a flatland castle in Kyoto, Japan. The castle consists of two concentric rings (Kuruwa) of fortifications, the Ninomaru Palace, the ruins of the Honmaru Palace, various support buildings and several gardens. The surface area of the castle is 275,000 square metres (27.5 ha; 68 acres), of which 8,000 square metres (86,000 sq ft) is occupied by buildings. It is one of the seventeen Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto which have been designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
Visitor information checked: 2026-09-15 · Nijo-jo Castle: opening hours and days closed · Nijo-jo Castle: fees
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What to expect at this type of place: Castle
Nearby station
Nearby station: Nijōjō-mae (Tōzai Line), about 350 m from the spot in a straight line.
Worked out on 2026-09-14 from this place’s map position, using HeartRails Express station data and station names from Wikidata. The distance is a straight line, not a walking route, and says nothing about buses, transfers or timetables — plan the trip on Google Maps.
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