Visit to the Imperial Garden

Hi,I have read that I need to make a reservation to visit the Imperial garden through Imperial Household Agency. Does anyone know the link to it?

East Gate Garden is open to rhe publuc throughout the year. Do I need any reservation to visit it? Please help. Thank you.

are you referring to the imperial palace gardens?

To visit the garden ALONE (not including the palace grounds), you would not need a reservation. However, they do have closing days, so be careful of that.

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3018.html

If you wish to visit the palace grounds, you would need to make a reservation:

https://sankan.kunaicho.go.jp/english/index.html

Note that the tours are held only on certain days and only in Japanese. Each tour group has a maximum of about 100 people.

Just adding a few things to BloodPrincess' reply above...

As mentioned in the preceding comment, if you're referring to the Imperial Palace in Tōkyō, you need to apply in advance for permission to join a tour. Although the tours are only conducted in Japanese, you will be lent an audio device (free of charge) containing a recorded English commentary.

This is what you can expect to see on that tour:

https://animeaffairs.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/japan-2009-day-2-report-...

As for the adjoining East Gardens, no reservations are required. Just show up and walk around at your leisure:

https://animeaffairs.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/japan-2009-day-2-report-...

I personally thought the palace tour was worth it, obsessed as I am with Japanese history - but I'll also admit that many people will probably find it boring. The original Meiji-era palace was destroyed during the war, to be replaced by a rather soulless concrete structure in the 1960s. What's more, you can't enter the palace itself: the tour only takes you close and past the buildings but not into them. Check the photos in the first link I supplied above and judge for yourself whether it's worth your time.

Cheers.