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Nijo castle
The Nijo castle was built by Shogun Tokugawa Leyasu in 1603. It was used as second home for the shogun at the time of their passage in Kyoto. It's here that the shogun Yoshinobu Tokugawa gave back political power to the emperor in 1867, putting an end to almost 7 centuries of shogunat.
 The castle is surrounded with ramparts. To penetrate inside we pass over moats on a small bridge.
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 Nimomaru is the internal palace which was the residence of Shogun. We penetrate by crossing this door there. It is not possible to take photos inside. The most remarkable in this palace are the floor says 'nightingale', because it is conceived so that slats scrape against each others when we walk above. The produced sound is close to the song of the nightingale, what was very effective to detect the intruders.
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 Behind the palace we find a very beautiful garden, as usual organized around a stretch of water.
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 An other sight on this garden, this garden are made to be admired from the windows of the palace.
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