Japan Diet Building Tour

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Japan diet building tour. The national diet building 国会議事堂 kokkai gijidō is the building where both houses of the national diet of japan meet. If this kind of thing interests you count yourself lucky. Tours of diet building japanese only tokyo metro marunouchi and chiyoda lines. Or thursday at 3 00 p m and you must make an advance reservation by email.

Departs at 1 p m. You can take a tour in english on monday at 2 00 p m. Exit 1 3 min. Duration of the tour.

Both are open for tourists and you simply can spontaneously come by and sign up for a free tour. Admire its german influenced architecture from outside or venture indoors for a free guided tour to learn more about its history and role in government. Tours of the diet building in japanese are operated every day. 170 yen per participant 740 yen for accompanying guide for two people in this tour you will take a walk from marunouchi through the hibiya and kasumigaseki area.

Although many of the exhibits are in japanese there are some very interesting historic artefacts and photographs to see. Sessions of the house of representatives take place in the left wing and sessions of the house of councillors in the right wing. This relatively inconspicuous complex of buildings is actually the center of japan s politics. The tour entry gate is on the west side of the diet building pretty much at the building s midpoint.

About 3 5 hours cost. Tokyo s national diet building finished its construction in 1936 becoming the main venue of japanese politics and government. The national diet of japan. It stands 65 5 meters tall and over 2 5 million people worked on its construction.

Built in 1936 the building is constructed almost entirely of. Standing in front of it you see the house of representatives on the left and the house of councillors on the right. It is located at nagatachō 1 chome 7 1 chiyoda tokyo. Completed in 1936 after 17 years of construction it is undoubtedly an architectural gem.

If you are accompanied by someone who speaks japanese you can apply for such a tour. Modern japanese architecture and tour of the national diet building courses. The house of representatives which meets in the left wing and the house of councillors which meets in the right wing. The national diet building is the center of japanese politics as it houses both chambers of the diet or legislative arm.

The entry to the tour can be found behind the diet building. The national diet building in tokyo took 17 years to build with construction finished in 1936. The museum is located in the parkland to the front of the diet building. It is the place where both japanese diet houses meet.

National diet building tours. Yurakucho hanzomon and namboku lines. Tour of the diet building notice. As part of measures to prevent the spread of covid 19 we will implement the following health safety measures on public tours of the diet building.

The parliamentary museum is also an interesting place to visit.