To the west of the Shin-den stands the four-legged Shikyaku-mon gate (for imperial visits) which was relocated from the old palace of Empress Meisho's Chukamonin and managed to avoid the fire of 1893.
宸殿西方の四脚門（御幸門）は、明正天皇の中和門院の旧殿の門を移築したもので、明治26年の火災をまぬがれている。