Nijo Castle in central Kyoto was certainly ostentatious enough to fit the bill. Unlike other noble homes of the day, Tokugawa's gleaming white structure – decorated with ornate wood carvings ...

A room in Nijo-jo Castle, a World Heritage site in Kyoto City, will be opened to the public for the first time early next month. The "Ohiroma Chodai-no-ma," located inside the Ninomaru-goten ...

KYOTO—One of the main buildings at Nijo-jo Castle here, a UNESCO World Heritage site, will reopen to the public on Sept. 1 after being closed for 17 years, the city government announced on June 17.