URL:   http://sankan.kunaicho.go.jp/guide/kyoto.html  Name: Kyoto Gosho  Kyoto Gosho Photo: Lynn Perry   Alternate Name: Kyoto Imperial Palace (Oike no niwa)  Address: Kyoto Gosho, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto gyoen nai  Mailing Address:   City: Kyoto-shi  State: Kyoto-hu  Postal Code:   Country: JAPAN  Latitude/Longitude: lat=35.033; long=135.75 Find Gardens Nearby Phone:   Fax:   E-Mail:   Contact:   Designer(s):   Contruction Date: Last reconstruction in the Edo period (current buildings date from 1855)  Public/Private: PUBLIC  Hours: Tours at 10am and 2pm except Saturday pm, Sunday, national holidays and New Year's (12/25 - 1/5)  Admission: See below  Added to JGarden: 2/15/1997  Last Updated: 4/3/2005  Sources:   JGarden Description: All visitor's must obtain permission in advance from the Kyoto office of the Imperial Household Agency (located on the grounds of the Gosho). The entire site is open to the general public for a week in April and October. There is only a single small garden on the Gosho grounds, called Oike no niwa, west of the Kogosho building.

The spring rain Which hangs to the branches Of the green willow Looks like pearls Threaded on a string.   Lady Ise   Kokinshû(?)   trans. by Arthur Waley   9th century