[DOC] [TLE] Kyoto - Wikipedia [PAR] Kyoto is a city located in the central part of the island of Honshu, Japan. It has a 
population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the Imperial capital of Japan for more 
than one thousand years, it is ... After the city of Edo was renamed Tokyo (, 
meaning "Eastern Capital") in 1868, and the seat of the Emperor was transferred 
there... [DOC] [TLE] Kyoto - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] capital capital, or capital of capitals") was the Imperial capital of Japan from ... 
Kyoto was spared during the fire bombing of World War II, making it the only ... to 
bomb Kyoto because it "was the ancient capital of Japan, a historical city, and .... 
and Emperor Kmei, the last before Emperor Meiji moved the capital to Tokyo. [DOC] [TLE] Why didn't the US choose to demolish Tokyo with an atom bomb? [PAR] May 22, 2013 ... Many small Japanese cities were not bombed because it was determined ... It is 
the former capital of Japan and many people and industries are now ... The 
Imperial Palace in Tokyo had been similarly spared even as .... Why, in the US, is 
Japanese brutality ignored compared with the Nazi brutality in WW2? [DOC] [TLE] Kansai/Kinki Region - Cruise Port Navigation [PAR] Formerly the Imperial capital of Japan for more than one thousand years, it is now 
the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture located in the Kansai region, ... Spared from 
bombings during WWII, Nara possesses a large number of ... Historically, Kyoto 
was the largest city in Japan, later surpassed by Osaka and Edo (Tokyo) towards
... [DOC] [TLE] The man who saved Kyoto from the atomic bomb - BBC News [PAR] Aug 9, 2015 ... One American official spared Kyoto the horrific fate that the atomic bomb ... Just 
weeks before the US dropped the most powerful weapon mankind has ever 
known, Nagasaki was not even on a list of target cities for the atomic bomb. In its 
place was Japan's ancient capital, Kyoto. ... Emperor's palace, Tokyo. [DOC] [TLE] The Kyoto misconception | Restricted Data [PAR] Aug 8, 2014 ... Kyoto was spared because of a personal intervention: the US ... The weather had 
to be good  no easy thing to predict for Japan in the late summer. ... larger 
populated areas between the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Nagasaki ... Target 
map of Kyoto, June 1945, with atomic bomb aiming point indicated. [DOC] [TLE] Bombing of Tokyo and Other Cities | World War II Database [PAR] Tokyo, being the Japanese capital, received a greater share of attention from ... 
bomber failed to attack the Imperial Palace with a large "Pumpkin bomb". ... It was 
bad enough in so large a city as Tokyo, but much worse in the smaller ..... It took 
all of these air raids and 2 Atom bombs dropped before Japan would surrender. [DOC] [TLE] A Forgotten Holocaust: US Bombing Strategy, the ... - Japan Focus [PAR] May 2, 2007 ... World War II was a landmark in the development and deployment of ... than sixty 
Japanese cities prior to Hiroshima has been slighted both in the scholarly ... [7] 
For example, while the Nuremberg and Tokyo Tribunals clearly ..... cities, 
deliberately sparing Kyoto, the ancient imperial capital, and four others. [DOC] [TLE] Jimmy Doolittle and the Tokyo Raiders Strike Japan During World ... [PAR] Jimmy Doolittle and the Tokyo Raiders Strike Japan During World War II ... 
Everything seemed normal in the island empire's sprawling capital. .... Japan's 
major cities by U.S. Army bombers launched from an aircraft carrier, projected the 
.... to close to within about 400 miles of the Japanese coast before launching the 
B-25s. [DOC] [TLE] Tokyo vs. Kyoto: Clash of the titans - Inside Japan Tours [PAR] Apr 14, 2015 ... Just to set the record straight before I begin, if you're umm-ing and ahh-ing about 
... Often posited as the yin to Tokyo's yang, the city of Kyoto is considered by ... as 
Japan's imperial capital, which, as you might expect, left the city with

Question: This city, imperial capital of Japan before Tokyo, was spared bombing during WWII
Answer: Kyoto