page_title: Outline of Kyoto
section_title: Areas of Kyoto
hierarchical_section_title: Outline of Kyoto / Geography of Kyoto / Areas of Kyoto
caption_attribution_description: English: At Yasakakamimachi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan. View of the five-story pagoda at Hōgan-ji Temple. 日本語: 京都府京都市東山区八坂上町にて。法観寺の五重塔（通称「八坂の塔」）を見る。 Camera: Sony ILCE-6000Lens: Sony SEL1670Z (Carl Zeiss)
context_page_description: The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Kyoto:
  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.
caption: Street in the Higashiyama-ku district with the Yasaka-no-to Pagoda in the background
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