{"id":96,"date":"2025-11-20T18:52:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T09:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/access"},"modified":"2026-11-12T19:22:45","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T10:22:45","slug":"access","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/visit\/access","title":{"rendered":"Getting Here"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"section01\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-h2 wp-block-heading\"><strong>Map &amp; Address<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-p\">The Museum is in the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-p\"><span class=\"is-text-red\">Due to the autumn public opening of Inui-dori Street within the Imperial Palace grounds, access to the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace will be restricted during daytime hours from Saturday, November 28, to Sunday, December 6.<br>Please <a href=\"https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/feature\/grand-opening\/beauty\/english.html#sec_visit\">click here<\/a> for details about entry restrictions.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/map_en-1024x643.png\" alt=\"Location map of The Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan in the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace, Tokyo.\" class=\"wp-image-2689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/map_en-1024x643.png 1024w, https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/map_en-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/map_en-768x482.png 768w, https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/map_en.png 1092w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-p\">The Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan<br>East Gardens of the Imperial Palace, 1-8 Chiyoda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0001\uff08<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/a1JhGmT23CrNkxxW7\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/a1JhGmT23CrNkxxW7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">View in Google Maps<\/a>\uff09<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"section02\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-h2 wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to Get Here<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-h3 wp-block-heading\">Ote-mon Gate<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-p\">Approx. 5-minute walk from Exit C13a of Otemachi Station<br>Approx. 15-minute walk from the Marunouchi North Exit of Tokyo Station<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-ul wp-block-list is-style-rice-landmark\">\n<li>The Museum is about 100 meters from Ote-mon Gate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-h3 wp-block-heading\"><strong>Other Gates<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-p\">Hirakawa-mon Gate:<br>Approx. 10-minute walk from Exit 1a of Takebashi Station<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-p\">Kita-Hanebashi-mon Gate:<br>Approx. 15-minute walk from Exit 1a of Takebashi Station<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-ul wp-block-list is-style-rice-landmark\">\n<li>These two gates are closed on Mondays, Fridays, and during other days\/hours when the East Gardens are closed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-border is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<ul class=\"is-ul wp-block-list is-style-rice-landmark\">\n<li>When the East Gardens are closed, visitors must enter through Ote-mon Gate.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bags are subject to a security screening. Please allow extra time when planning your visit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-border is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-p\">Visitors are not permitted to use motor vehicles or bicycles in the East Gardens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-ul wp-block-list\">\n<li>No parking lots<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No bicycle parking stations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-p\">Please park motor vehicles and bicycles in nearby parking facilities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"section03\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-h2 wp-block-heading\"><strong>Opening Hours of the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-p\">Please check the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kunaicho.go.jp\/e-event\/higashigyoen02.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Imperial Household Agency\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Map &amp; Address The Museum is in the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace. Due to the autumn public opening of Inui-dori Street within the Imperial Palace grounds, access to the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace will be restricted during daytime hours from Saturday, November 28, to Sunday, December 6.Please click here for details [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":79,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"unpublish_date":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-96","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2717,"href":"https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96\/revisions\/2717"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}