Nijōjō (Nijō Castle)
- Address: Nijōjō-chō, Horikawanishiiru, Nijō-dōri, Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto Prefecture
( rough location)
- Built by: Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Built: 1603
Tokugawa Ieyasu had a celebration here receiving the title of Shōgun and Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the last Shōgun of Tokugawa Shogunate, decided to return his political power to the emperor in this castle. Nijōjō had seen the beginning and the end of Tokugawa Shogunate.
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