Heijo Palace Site
[Official Name] Heijo Palace Site
[Location] Nara-shi, Nara-ken
[Transfer of Capital] 710
[Origin] With the establishment of the law called Taiho-ritsuryo, the new structure of the government was made. In 710 in Emperor Genmei's time, the capital was transferred from the Fujiwara-kyo in the south of Nara, to the Heijyo-kyo in the north. 		Heijo Palace Site


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Japanese bush clover Design
Japanese bush clover Heijo Palace Site today



Design
Heijyo-kyo was made on the basis of Choan, the capital of To (China), and the streets had a gridiron street pattern. This palace is the first Chinese style city like palace in Japan. The palace had a wideness of 5.5 kilometers wide and 4.8 kilometers long. This international city, which invited envoys from abroad, had a population of a hundred and fifty thousand to two hundred thousand people, including the Emperor and approximately a hundred nobles.


Heijo Palace Site today
The whole city of Nara used to be the Heijo-kyo, however, only the Heian Palace remains as an architecture from the Heijo-kyo. This is made into something like a park. On the large land, the foundation of the Daigoku-den was restored. Also, the Suzaku-mon gate is being restored, and the land is turning into a grand historical park.

The Registration Order of Japan's Cultural Heritages
Chronological table
The Map of Japan's Cultural Heritages