This statement is false. The Imperial Palace in Kyoto (Kyōto Gosho) was the seat of the Emperor of Japan from 794 until the end of the Edo period (1868), but since 1868, when Emperor Meiji, the Imperial Residence, and the capital were moved from Kyoto to Tokyo as a result of the Meiji Restoration, the Imperial Family reside in the Imperial Palace of Tokyo - which is a modern construction, since the original one was destroyed during World War Two.