Akasaka Palace is a place to receive guests of the Japanese state located in Akasaka, and turned into a palace to receive guests in 1974, and before that it was affiliated with the Imperial Palace. The ownership of the palace from the emperor to the state, has finally become a place of residence for state guests.

It is a brick stone structure. The first floor is located east and west with private rooms for the eastern palace and princesses, the second floor is a public room for guests, the total area is about 1 including the basement where the kitchen is, the main building is the only neo-baroque western style building in Japan and is one of the largest constructed during the Meiji period.

The word Akasaka means (red slope), and between 1878 and 1947, Akasaka was considered one of the main districts of Tokyo, and to this day is still the center of the Minato government district. Despite the destruction of Akasaka during World War II, it was rebuilt in 1969,After five years of construction, it was opened and converted into a palace for high-ranking state guests, and to be part of the diplomatic scene in Tokyo.

It is a building built by mobilizing all available resources from the Japanese architectural, arts and crafts industries of those days and represents the culmination of modern western architecture in Japan on a large scale in the Meiji period. Japan has returned to the international community after ten years of World War II, and the number of foreign dignitaries that welcomes it is increasing, so a palace of hospitality was necessary.

Today it is the palace designated by the Government of Japan as the official residence for visiting dignitaries of the state. The structure of the building was ordered from the United States in consideration of earthquakes and was reinforced with a steel frame within a brick wall. It was the greatest monument in which the absolute nature of the Meiji state was born.

The building area of ​​Akasaka Palace is 15,000 square meters. The palace is surrounded by a walkway extending for 3 km. Overlooking the main entrance of the palace is a balcony topped with imperial drawings, on both sides of which are statues of helmets and shields that symbolize Japanese culture. Upon entering the palace, guests go through the main staircase to the Great Hall On the second floor, at the entrance to this hall, are two paintings by Ryohei Koiso.