{"id":806,"date":"2019-12-03T17:30:21","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T08:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fng.or.jp\/kyoto\/wp\/?page_id=806"},"modified":"2023-06-20T10:33:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T01:33:10","slug":"gyoen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fng.or.jp\/kyoto\/en\/gyoen\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT US"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<article class=\"base gyoen\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"base_head gyoen_head\">\r\n\t\t\t<h1>ABOUT US<\/h1>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"bread\">\r\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"\/kyoto\/en\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-home\"><\/i>HOME<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t<li>ABOUT US<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<section class=\"gyoen_inner container\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"A3 gyoen_about\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mb40 ta_c\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/kyoto\/wp-content\/themes\/kyoto-gyoen\/img\/kyoto_about01.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nWelcome to Kyoto\u2019s Central Park \u2013 with a thousand years of history and seasonally rich with nature.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nThe Kyoto Imperial Palace had been the home of the Emperor and a capital of Japan for more than one thousand years from the Heian era (794 \u2013 1192) up to the Meiji era (1868-1912). In the last years of the Edo Period (1603 \u2013 1868), residences of court nobles were located surrounding the Kyoto Imperial Palace. Then according to the transfer of the capital of Japan from Kyoto to Tokyo during the Meiji Restoration, the court nobles as well as the Emperor moved to Tokyo.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nAlthough the area was changed during the migration, Ouchi Preservation Business was set up by Meiji Emperor, and \u201cKyoto Gyoen\u201d was produced by removing the residences of the court noblest, and by planting more trees. Enthronement Ceremonies for the Taisho Emperor and the Showa Emperor were held in Kyoto Gyoen. After World War\u2161 to make Kyoto Gyoen more open to public, rest houses and children\u2019s parks and sports grounds were established. Now having about 100 ha, 9 gates and 5 exits alongside the Kyoto Imperial Palace, the Kyoto Omiya\u30fbKyoto Sento Imperial Palaces, and the Kyoto State Guest House, Kyoto Gyoen has retained its fame as a friendly and relaxing place for Kyoto residents, and for visitors from all over the world.\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<!--\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mb40\">Surrounding Kyoto Imperial Palace, Omiya Imperial Palace and Sento Imperial Palace, Kyoto Gyoen is the park which is 1.3km long north to south, 0.7km long east to west, has 65 hectares. Prior to the Meiji Restoration, about 200 residences of imperial families and court nobles existed there. <br>Upon transfer of the capital to Tokyo in 1869, Meiji Emperor and the most court residents moved to Tokyo, the area fell into sharp delice. When the Emperor visited Kyoto in 1877, he grieved upon seeing the state of disrepair. He ordered that the imperial palaces and their surroundings be preserved and maintained. <\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>Under that order, the Greater Imperial Palace Preservation Project was launched, developing the Imperial Household Garden and leading to today\u2019s Kyoto Gyoen. More than a century later, vast green spaces and 50,000 trees make Kyoto Gyoen a sanctuary in the heart of the city. There are five hundred varieties of plants, including a colony of Kansai-tanpop, a species of Japanese dandelion, and four hundred kinds of mushrooms.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>The superb natural environment also draws in excess of fifty varieties of butterflies and a hundred types of wild birds. It is a feeding ground for the northern goshawk and a breeding ground for the brown hawk-owl.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>Kyoto Gyoen plays an important role in efforts to preserve biological diversity. Among the historical remains are nine external gates, including the Hamaguri Gate and the Sakaimachi Gate, the Imperial Palace itself, the site of the Kaninnomiya residence, and a teahouse at the site of the Kujo Family residence. <\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>Kyoto Gyoen is significant not only because it maintains a historical landscape around the imperial palaces and for its role in preserving biological diversity, but also because it gives people a unique environment in which to walk, relax, play, enjoy the natural setting, and acquaint themselves with its history.<\/p>\r\n-->\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"map\" class=\"A3 gyoen_map\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"A1 ta_c\">Kyoto Gyoen Stroll map<\/h1>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ta_c\">This is a map that introduces the famous historical sites of the Imperial Palace Bund, <br>Higashi Gyoen, and Kitanomaru Park, as well as the special view spots.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"btn_box\"><a href=\"\/kyoto\/pdf\/map\/kyotogyoen_map_en.pdf\" class=\"btn11\">DOWNLOAD(PDF 1.6MB)<i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ta_c w80 sw100\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/kyoto\/pdf\/map\/jpg\/kyotogyoen_map_en.jpg\" alt=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t<\/article>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ABOUT US HOME ABOUT US Welcome to Kyoto\u2019s Central Park \u2013 with a thousand years of history and seasonally rich ","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":776,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-en_temp.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-806","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fng.or.jp\/kyoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fng.or.jp\/kyoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fng.or.jp\/kyoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fng.or.jp\/kyoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fng.or.jp\/kyoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/fng.or.jp\/kyoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":954,"href":"https:\/\/fng.or.jp\/kyoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/806\/revisions\/954"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fng.or.jp\/kyoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fng.or.jp\/kyoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}