Kyoto Gose, or Imperial Palace, was the residence of the Imperial family until the transfer of the Japanese capital from Kyoto to Tokyo in 1868. Emperor Meiji has left the building, but canned it in 1877. However, after the death of the Meiji emperors Taisho and Showa in 1912 and 1926, respectively, were crowned in the Imperial Palace in Kyoto. The current Emperor Akihito was crowned in Tokyo.

The history of this building began in the late VII century after Heian (the former name of Kyoto) became the capital of the Japanese state. Its construction was started in the year 794 in the Central part of the city. In the period from VII to XII century the Palace was several times burned to the ground, but it was fully restored. The reconstruction was performed due to deterioration of the building.

Usually during repair of the Emperor's residence was moved to one of temporary palaces owned by Japanese nobility. The Imperial Palace in Kyoto was one of those temporary palaces, and permanent residence was only in the fourteenth century.

The appearance of the Palace had a hand in several rulers. So, in 1569 Ode Nobunaga built major Royal chamber, his successors Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu expanded the Palace square. But in 1789 the President signalscope government Matsudaira of Sadanobu had a partial restoration, having built several buildings in the style of Heian. The last reconstruction of the building took place in 1855, after another fire, and since then the Palace's appearance radically changed.

The Palace complex is located in the district kamigyō-ku. It is surrounded by a wall, beyond which are the gardens and several buildings. The whole territory was called the Imperial Park. The complex includes the main throne room Cicinho, the halls of the Empress, princes and princesses, Palace of the Empress-mother, the small Palace Cohose, Imperial pond and other objects.