Nikko Tamozawa goyotei (Tamozawa Imperial Villa / Nikko Imperial Villa Memorial Park Tamozawa) located in Tochigi Prefecture was built in 1899 by Prince Yoshito (later Emperor Taisho) as a rest house and was also used by Emperor Showa and his family, including the current Emperor Akihito (then still too), which had to come round to this town to take refuge from the attacks of the Second World War, as Nikko was much safer than Tokyo.

After the Second World War, the town ceased to be the role of imperial villa and step to be a museum.
In 1996, covering 30000 square meters villa and its gardens were transferred to the government of the prefecture of Tochigi, which rebuilt the village and its gardens. The renovated villa was reopened in 2000.

The villa has three different architectural styles which differ from the time of its construction and purpose of this.

The Edo-Naka-Yashiki, was built as a private space for samurai lords felt free to the rigid formalities of the time, while the section of the building built during the Taisho era (1913-1926) as official imperial villa, is architecture is extremely formal.
Kobayashi's residence, fully reflects the personal hobbies of the upper class (you can see a pool in this area).

The town itself has 4500 square meters, which consist of 106 rooms, which were mostly used as rooms for servants.

The imperial villa is invaluable for:

1 - The construction for three eras: The Edo, Meiji and Taisho's.
2 - It is one of the largest wooden buildings in Japan.
3 - Tamozawa imperial villa village is the only imperial Meiji period that remains.
4 - It has great cultural value in it based on your decoration and interior paints.

As there was no information on the town in the Spanish Wikipedia I decided to create the page myself. Please feel free to correct page all you can.

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