The Fukiage Palace ( Japanese : 吹上御所 , Hepburn : Fukiage Gosho ) is the main residence of the Emperor of Japan , located in the Fukiage Garden on the grounds of the Tokyo Imperial Palace .
4-470: Designed by Shōzō Uchii , it was completed in 1993 at a cost of ¥ 5.6 billion (US$ 52 million, equivalent to US$ 110 million in 2023). A reinforced concrete structure, it has an area of roughly 4,940 m (53,200 sq ft). It consists of sixty-two rooms spread over three floors, including a basement level. It has three main wings: This palace is where the Emperor lives, not to be confused with
8-603: The Emperor resides, it is simply referred to as the Imperial Palace ( 御所 , Gosho ) . Sh%C5%8Dz%C5%8D Uchii Shōzō Uchii ( 内井 昭蔵 , Uchii Shōzō ) was a Japanese architect and academic authority on the works of Frank Lloyd Wright . Known for the design of landmark structures such as the Setagaya Art Museum , Oita City Museum of Art, and the Fukiage Palace , the residence on
12-713: The grounds of the Tokyo Imperial Palace for the Emperor of Japan. Uchii was awarded the R.S Reynolds Memorial Prize in 1980 for his design of the Treasury building of the Kuon-ji Temple in Minobu , Yamanashi Prefecture . Uchii was born in Tokyo on the 20 February 1933. After graduating with both an undergraduate and master's degree from Waseda University in 1958, he started his architectural career in
16-505: The main palace ( 宮殿 , Kyūden ) , where various imperial court functions and receptions take place, and where most dinners with foreign heads of state happen. In accordance with the imperial naming conventions, it was renamed Fukiage Sento Palace ( 吹上仙洞御所 , Fukiage Sentō Gosho ) when Emperor Akihito abdicated on 30 April 2019 . Akihito left the palace on March 31, 2020. His son Naruhito moved in there in September 2021. When
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