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The Iso Palace became the chief Kagoshima residence of the Shimazu following the [[Meiji Restoration]]. Most of the compound was renovated in [[1884]], and about a third of the residence's buildings survive today.

The Iso Palace became the chief Kagoshima residence of the Shimazu following the [[Meiji Restoration]]. Most of the compound was renovated in [[1884]], and about a third of the residence's buildings survive today.

The gardens were used extensively in the filming of the 2008 NHK [[Taiga Drama]] ''[[Atsu-hime]]''.

The gardens were used extensively in the filming of the 2008 NHK [[Taiga Drama]] ''[[Atsu-hime]]'', and a number of sites within the garden were named [[World Heritage Site]]s in 2015, as part of the umbrella category "Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining." These include the Sekiyoshi Sluice Gate of Yoshino Leat, a charcoal kiln, and the reverberatory furnace.

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