Unlike castles in foreign countries, walls surrounding the Gosho are not very high, which is viewed as the difference in how the people of the East and the West feel toward their rulers (Imperial Family and the Emperor).
なお、海外のお城とは違い、御所を覆う塀はあまり高くはないが、これは東洋と西洋での支配者（天皇やなど皇族）に対する庶民の親近感の違いが現れているという考察がある。