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Undersea palace of Ryūjin in Japanese folklore

or is the supernatural undersea palace of Ryūjin or Dragon God in Japanese tradition. It is best known as the place in fairytale where Urashima Tarō was invited after saving a turtle, where he was entertained by the Dragon God's princess Oto hime and his minions, but when Urashima returned back to land after what he thought was a few days away, centuries had passed.

Ryūgū or Ryūgū jō is the fabulous mythical residence of the Ryūjin (Dragon God) or Sea God, or the princess Otohime. Chamberlain had freely substituted more ancient text material into his retelling of the Urashima fairytale. Chamberlain also interchangeably uses "Sea God's Palace", probably with the archaic god name Watatsumi in mind. Eventually, the Dragon Palace undersea became the standard in modern tellings of the Urashima tale. A canonical example by the Taisho Era, according to one researcher, was the edition by Mori Rintarō (novelist Mori Ōgai) and others, published 1920–1921, whose illustration shows Urashima and the turtle peeing underneath at the palace.

"The walls of the Palace were of coral, the trees had emeralds for leaves and rubies for berries" (Chamberlain), roughly coincides with the inner chambers being fashioned with according to Meiji Era akahon ehon ("red book" editions). Refn|. A critical text based on the A,

Masayuki Kataoka's English translation (1886) Kataoka's translation, upon comparison, differed greatly from the text of the akahon picture books, though he had blatantly appropriated and reworked their illustrations. Here, there is a long distance from the gatekeeper to the palace proper, and Urashima is guided by a pretty glass ball that rolls of is own accord.

A notable feature of the Dragon Palace according to the "feudal" (otogizōshi) versions is the view to the "four seasons on four sides",efn|The standard text is the Shibukawa text, which is given by Yoshida. probably the text of Nihon mukashibanashi (1896), which corresponds roughly with a version from the Otogizōshi.

The Japanese name for the deep sea dwelling giant oarfish is ryūgū no tsukai (リュウグウノツカイ), literally "messenger/servant of Ryūgū" or "Messenger from the Sea God's Palace". This real species of fish may have been the origins of the mythical jinjahime [ja], which also claimed to be a "messenger/servant of Ryūgū". Ryūgū Shrine derives its name from Ryūgū jō. Located on Cape Nagasakibana (also known as Cape Ryūgū) in southern Kagoshima, it is said to be where Urashima Tarō traveled to Ryūgū jō. Locals honor Ryūjin and turtles as protectors.