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Kyoto (/ ˈ k j oʊ t oʊ /; Japanese: 京都, Kyōto [kʲoꜜːto] ⓘ), officially Kyoto City (京都市, Kyōto-shi, [kʲoːtoꜜɕi] ⓘ), is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu.
- Kyoto Imperial Palace
The Kyōto Imperial Palace (京都御所, Kyōto-gosho) is the former...
- Kyoto Prefecture
Kyoto Prefecture is almost in the center of Honshu and of...
- Timeline of Kyoto
1788 - Great Kyoto Fire. 19th century. 1854 - Kyoto Imperial...
- List of Bridges in Kyoto
These are some, but not all of the bridges of the City of...
- Greater Kyoto
Greater Kyoto is a metropolitan area in Japan encompassing...
- Ryōan-ji
Ryōan-ji (Shinjitai: 竜安寺, Kyūjitai: 龍安寺, The Temple of the...
- Kyoto Imperial Palace
Kyoto – capital city of Kyoto Prefecture, located in the Kansai region of Japan. It is most well known in Japanese history for being the former Imperial capital of Japan for more than one thousand years, as well as a major part of the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe metropolitan area.
Kyoto is a major city in the Kansai region of Japan. Its population is 1.5 million people. The city of Kyoto is the capital city of the prefecture of Kyoto. Kyoto is one of the cultural, educational, and technology centers of Japan.
May 21, 2024 · The capital of Japan for more than 1,000 years (from 794 to 1868), Kyōto (literally, “Capital City”) has been called a variety of names through the centuries—Heian-kyō (“Capital of Peace and Tranquillity”), Miyako (“The Capital”), and Saikyō (“Western Capital”), its name after the Meiji Restoration (1868) when the imperial household moved to Tokyo.
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Kyoto is a huge city with several district articles that contain information about specific sights, restaurants, and accommodation. Kiyomizu-dera Temple with its famous large veranda. Kyōto ( 京都) was the capital of Japan for over a millennium, and carries a reputation as the nation's most beautiful city and its cultural capital - even the ...