nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: Unlike sutras and chants in Sino-Japanese words, the 'goeika,' songs consisting of waka poems to praise Buddha, has been widely adopted among many temples and schools of Buddhism; in fact, the origin of the goeika goes back to the pilgrimage songs sung by pilgrims who set to music the poems Cloistered Emperor Kazan had written at each fudasho temple of the Saigoku Sanjusankasho pilgrimage.
Japanese: 漢語の経典や声明（しょうみょう）と異なり和歌の賛仏歌として「御詠歌」が多くの宗派・寺院で採用されているが、この「御詠歌」の起源は花山法皇が西国三十三箇所の各札所で詠まれた御製の和歌を後世の巡礼者が節をつけて巡礼歌として歌ったものである。
English: There are some customs, although this may not be the case in some areas depending on which school to follow, being practiced throughout the Kinki region such as chanting of the goeika of the Saigoku Sanjusankasho by the family and relatives of the deceased every night until the memorial service for the forty-ninth day, and by all participants in Buddhist rites during the Obon festival.
Japanese: 西国三十三箇所の御詠歌は、宗派にもよるが近畿地方一円で死者を弔うために葬儀から四十九日法要まで親族によって毎夜唱えらたり、お盆の仏事において参加者全員で合唱する習慣などがある。
English: Miyagawa-cho is located in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City. Miyagawa-suji 2-chome to 6-chome comprises the area's red-light district.
Japanese: 宮川町（みやがわちょう）は京都市東山区に位置しており、宮川筋二丁目から六丁目までが花街である。
English: Miyagawa-cho started during the Kabuki Odori Dance era (these performances were the real start of kabuki and were comprised of vivacious dancing and joyous songs combined with amusing stories) of IZUMO no Okuni, and was first a red-light district called "kagema" (male geisha) because playhouses for Wakashu Kabuki (young men's Kabuki) and chaya (literally "teahouse" which refers to places where geisha entertain their guests) stood side by side, where male teenagers entertained guests.
Japanese: 出雲阿国の歌舞伎踊りの時代から始まり、最初は若衆歌舞伎の小屋と茶屋が立ち並び10代の少年が接待をしていたので｢陰間｣と呼ばれていた花街だった。
English: Throughout the Meiji period, the Taisho period and up to the enforcement of the Anti-Prostitution Law on March 15, 1958, Miyagawa-cho was labeled a yukaku (a red-light district); buildings from the yukaku era still remain intact.
Japanese: 明治、大正、1958年3月15日の売春防止法施行までは遊廓であり、今でも遊廓時代の建物が残っている。
English: In 2003, three geisha girls in Miyagawa-cho, Fukuha (chairperson of Miyagawa-cho Geisha Association), Kiminao and Chizuru, became the first natori (diploma holder in Japanese dance) of Wakayagi school in Miyagawa-cho.
Japanese: 2003年（平成15年）、宮川町芸妓ふく葉（同芸妓組合会長）、君直、ちづるの三名が宮川町初の若柳流名取となった。
English: In 2006, "Mizue kai," a dance performance by geisha, which was not performed due to the Kabu-renjo Theater undergoing renovations was revived for the first time in thirty one years.
Japanese: 2006年（平成18年）、歌舞練場改築工事で休演されていた芸妓の発表会である『みずゑ会』が31年ぶりに復活した。
English: 1889: The six villages described below were established in the area of the present Minami Ward, through the Shisei Chosonsei (City System and Town and Village System Law).
Japanese: 1889年（明治22年）-現在の南区の範囲に市町村制施行で以下の6村が誕生
English: 1918: Shimogyo Ward absorbed Ouchi-mura and Shichijo-mura in Kadono-gun and part of Higashikujo-mura and Kamitoba-mura to the north of Jujo-dori Street in Kii-gun.
Japanese: 1918年（大正7年）-葛野郡大内村・七条村と、紀伊郡東九条村・上鳥羽村の一部（十条通以北）が下京区に編入
English: (from/to Kokusai-Kaikan Station)- Kujo Station (Kyoto Prefecture) - Jujo Station (Kyoto Municipal Subway) - (from/to Takeda Station (Kyoto Prefecture))
Japanese: （至国際会館駅）←九条駅(京都府)-十条駅(京都市営地下鉄)→（至竹田駅(京都府)）
English: Collection and delivery in Minami Ward is operated by Kyoto Central Post Office (located near the northern edge of Minami Ward) in Shimogyo Ward due to the Minami Ward's history of separation from Shimogyo Ward.
Japanese: 下京区から分区した名残で、南区の担当集配郵便局が、下京区にある京都中央郵便局（南区北端部と至近）となっている。
English: When the ZIP code system was introduced 1968, however, Minami Ward was assigned the ZIP code '601' to distinguish the ward from Shimogyo Ward; when the seven digit ZIP code system was introduced in 1998, the ward's ZIP code changed to '601-xxxx.'
Japanese: ただし、1968年に導入された郵便番号では下京区と区別するため「601」となり、1998年の7桁化時には「601-8XXX」となった。
English: The ZIP code '601-xxxx' is also assigned to the mountainous areas (including former Keihoku-cho, but excluding Kuta in Sakyo Ward) in the north of Kyoto City, the Daigo area in Fushimi Ward, the Kasatori area in Uji City, and Miyama-cho (Kyoto Prefecture) in Nantan City.
Japanese: なお、「601-XXXX」は京都市北部山間部（旧京北町を含む、左京区久多を除く）や伏見区醍醐地区、宇治市笠取地区、南丹市美山町(京都府)でも使われている。
English: Kyoto Central Post Office (Shimogyo Ward): 600-0000, 600-8xxx, 601-0000 and 601-8xxx
Japanese: 京都中央郵便局（下京区）-600-0000、600-8xxx、601-0000、601-8xxx
English: On January 1, 2006, Oe-cho as well as Miwa-cho (Kyoto Prefecture) and Yakuno-cho in Amata-gun was absorbed by Fukuchiyama City, and the town was dissolved.
Japanese: 2006年（平成18年）1月1日に天田郡三和町(京都府)、夜久野町とともに福知山市に編入されて消滅した。
English: The town had a wealth of nature such as the Oe-yama mountain range and the Yura-gawa River, and tried to uniquely promote itself as the 'Oni no Sato' (Village of an Ogre) based on the legend of Shuten-doji (an ogre) in the Oe-yama mountain range.
Japanese: 大江山、由良川などの豊かな自然に恵まれ、また大江山の酒呑童子伝説を生かして「鬼の里」をアピールするユニークな町づくりを行っていた。
English: The area of Oe-cho originally had close ties to Maizuru because they both belonged to the Tanabe Domain in Tango Province, Maizuru Prefecture, and then Kasa-gun; since the Miyafuku Line of the Kitakinki Tango Railway opened, however, the area now has closer ties to Fukuchiyama today.
Japanese: もともとは同じ加佐郡あり、丹後田辺藩・舞鶴県と属していた舞鶴との結びつきが強かったが、北近畿タンゴ鉄道宮福線などが開通し、今では福知山とのつながりが強い。
English: The Yura-gawa River runs through the area, and the Oe-yama mountain range, a symbol of the town with the legend of an ogre, sits on it.
Japanese: 町内を由良川が流れ、町のシンボルとして鬼伝説もある大江山がそびえる。
English: On April 1, Komori-cho absorbed the five villages of Komorikami-mura, Arijikami-mura, Arijishimo-mura, Kawahigashi-mura and Kawanishi-mura, and changed its name to Oe-cho.
Japanese: 4月1日河守上村、有路上村、有路下村、河東村、河西村の5村が、河守町に編入のうえ、大江町に改称
English: Miyafuku Line of the Kitakinki Tango Railway: Gujo Station - Oe Station - Oe-kokomae Station - Futamata Station - Oe-yamaguchi-naiku Station
Japanese: 北近畿タンゴ鉄道宮福線：公庄駅-大江駅(京都府)-大江高校前駅-二俣駅-大江山口内宮駅
English: The Hokutan Railway, which connected Fukuchiyama Station and the center of the town, Komori, halted its operation on March 2, 1971, and officially closed down on February 28, 1974.
Japanese: かつて福知山駅と町中心部の河守とを北丹鉄道が結んでいたが、1971年3月2日休止を経て1974年2月28日で正式に廃止となった。
English: As for the 'tanada (terraced paddy field) in Kehara,' which was selected as one of the Top 100 Terraced Paddy Fields in Japan, Oe-cho had set up the 'tanada farming tour' and the 'ownership system for the tanada.'
Japanese: 棚田日本の棚田百選一覧に選ばれた「毛原の棚田」では、毎年「棚田農業体験ツアー」や「棚田オーナー制度」を設けていた。
English: The gosho-go is an honorific title which refers to nobles such as the Imperial Family and shogun as well as their residences.
Japanese: 御所号とは天皇家及び将軍など貴人の住居及びその人の尊称として許された称号。
English: Additionally, the Gosho for retired emperors (cloistered emperors) is called In Gosho or Sento Gosho, and the one for empress dowagers is Nyoin Gosho or Omiya Gosho.
Japanese: その他、太上天皇(太上法皇)の御所を院御所または仙洞御所といい、皇太后等の御所を女院御所、大宮御所という。
English: The Gosho may also refer to members of the Imperial Family, ministers, and shogun themselves as well as their residences and direct or collateral children and descendants.
Japanese: その他にも皇族、大臣、将軍の住居またはその人、その直系または傍系の子弟・子孫のことを指す場合もある。
English: There was a custom to refer to children of high nobles ranking higher than ministers as Omuro Gosho, and thus the gosho-go was widely given not only to the Imperial Family but also to high-ranking nobles and samurai families.
Japanese: 特に大臣家以上の公卿の子弟に対して御室御所と敬称する習慣もあり、御所号は皇室のみならず、公家・武家の高位者にも広く用いられた。
English: At times, the gosho-go was even awarded to the temple at which the head priest was a son of the Imperial Family or the sekke (family of a regent or a chief advisor to the Emperor).
Japanese: さらには、皇族・摂家の子弟が門跡となった寺院にも御所号が贈られることもあった。
English: The gosho-go is an honorific title awarded to the sekke, shogunate families and clans, high nobles, temples and shrines.
Japanese: 摂家や将軍家とその一門、公卿、寺社に許された御所の称号を御所号という。
English: The Imperial Court or the Shogunate mostly awarded the gosho-go to temples, shrines, nobles, daimyo (Japanese feudal lord) families according to their family lineages and social status, and the title is considered to be the most honorific.
Japanese: 御所号は主に朝廷や幕府がそれぞれ家柄や格式によって寺社・公家・大名家に許すものであり、尊称としては最高級に位する。
English: The Imperial Court mainly gave the gosho-go to the temples and shrines at which the head priest was a son or daughter of the Imperial Family or the sekke; moreover, high nobles were practically allowed to be referred to as Gosho, Gosho-sama, or Ue-sama by their families.
Japanese: 朝廷が授与する御所号は、主に皇族や摂家の子女が門跡となった寺社に対して授与するものが主であり、その他、公卿もその家人より御所、或いは御所様（ごしょさま）、上様などと尊称されることが事実上許されていた。
English: On the other hand, the samurai governments of the Muromachi bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) and the Edo bakufu awarded the gosho-go to families having eligible social status for the gosho-go among the shogunate clans and retainers.
Japanese: 一方、武家政権においては室町幕府及び江戸幕府が一門または臣下のうち、御所号に匹敵する格式を有する家にこれを許した。
English: In the Muromachi period, the head and his siblings of the Ashikaga Shogunate family, the clan of the Kamakura Kubo (Governor-General of the Kamakura Government) family, and the Kitabatake clan who was a powerful daimyo on the side of the Nancho (Southern Court, or Yoshino Imperial court) who acted as the shogun of the chinju-fu, and its descendants were all entitled to the gosho-go.
Japanese: 室町時代、主に足利将軍家の当主及び連枝、鎌倉公方家の一門、或いは鎮守府将軍として南朝方の有力大名であった北畠氏とその一門が御所号を称した。
English: The residence of the Ashikaga Shogunate family in Muromachi, Kyoto, in particular, was referred to as Hana no Gosho, and the head of the family himself was also called 'Kubo-sama' or 'Gosho-sama.'
Japanese: 特に京都室町における足利将軍家の邸宅を花の御所といい、将軍家当主も「公方様」ないし「御所様」と称された。
English: Furthermore, the fifteenth Shogun, Yoshiaki ASHIKAGA, was referred to as Buke Gosho (Samurai Gosho), but was also called Ashiki Gosho (Evil Gosho) after he was opposed to his ex-mentor, Nobunaga ODA.
Japanese: 特に、15代将軍足利義昭については、武家御所と称され、またかつての庇護者　織田信長と対立してよりは悪しき御所とも称された。
English: The honorific title for the branch families of the sekke, the residence of Kaneie ICHIJO, and the past heads of the Tosa-Ichijo clan including Kaneie ICHIJO was Nakamura Gosho.
Japanese: 摂家の支流、一条兼家の屋形、または一条兼家をはじめとした土佐一条氏歴代当主の尊号を中村御所という。
English: The eldest son and heir of Kanesada ICHIJO, Tadamasa ICHIJO was referred to as Otsu Gosho, and the last head of the Tosa-Ichijo family, Masachika ICHIJO was called Kureda Gosho.
Japanese: 一条兼定の嫡男　一条内政は大津御所と称され、土佐一条家最後の当主　一条政親は、久礼田御所と称された。
English: The son of Akinari KITABATAKE, Akitada KITABATAKE, named himself 'Shoni KITABATAKE,' and then called himself Shizukuishi Gosho when he went down into Iwate-gun in Oshu Province (the origin of Gosho Dam).
Japanese: 北畠顕成の子北畠顕忠が「北畠少弐」を名乗り、奥州岩手郡に下向して滴石御所と名乗った（御所ダムの由来）。
English: Akisada SHIZUKUISHI, an illegitimate child of the Kosuiji-Shiba clan was called Shizukuishi Gosho while Akiyoshi ISARI was referred to as Isari Gosho.
Japanese: また、高水寺斯波氏の庶子　雫石詮貞を雫石御所、猪去詮義を猪去御所といった。
English: The Kira clan who is an Ashikaga clan, gained influence over Mikawa Province and Musashi Province, and the Kira clan in Musashi Province was referred to as Setagaya Gosho or Kira Gosho.
Japanese: 足利一門の吉良氏は三河国と武蔵国に勢力を置いたが、武蔵の吉良氏は世田谷御所、吉良御所と称された。
English: The descendants of Yoshitsugu ASHIKAGA, a son of Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA of the Shogunate family in the Muromachi period, went down into Echizen Province, became the Kuratani clan, and were referred to as Kuratani Gosho.
Japanese: 室町将軍家の足利義満の子足利義嗣の子孫は越前に下り鞍谷氏となり、鞍谷御所と称された。
English: Akiie KITABATAKE, a high noble in the period of the Northern and Southern Courts (Japan), was referred to as Funakoshi Gosho, and his descendants were called Heki Gosho or Horowata Gosho.
Japanese: 南北朝時代(日本)の公卿、北畠顕家は船越御所と称され、子孫一門は戸木御所、袰綿御所と称された。
English: The Namioka-Kitabatake clan, descendants of Akiie KITABATAKE, was referred to as Namioka Gosho, and its descendants were called Kawahara Gosho.
Japanese: また、北畠顕家の後裔である浪岡北畠氏は浪岡御所、その一族を川原御所という。
English: The Kozukuri clan, descendants of the Kitabatake clan, was referred to as Kozukuri Gosho; the Okochi clan Okochi Gosho; the Sakanai clan Sakanai Gosho; the Haze clan Haze Gosho; the Fujikata clan Fujikata Gosho; and Tamaru clan Tamaru Gosho.
Japanese: その一族の木造氏は木造御所、大河内氏は大河内御所、坂内氏は坂内御所、波瀬氏は波瀬御所、藤方氏は藤方御所、田丸氏は田丸御所といった。
English: As a form of historical expression, moreover, the honorific title, Ogosho (literally Big Gosho), was awarded to Imperial princes and cloistered Seii Taishogun.
Japanese: なお、歴史的な表現の方法として、親王または前職の征夷大将軍の尊称として大御所が使われた。
English: In the Muromachi period, shogun, the Kamakura Kubo family, Ashikaga clans, and the Kitabatake clan, for example, were entitled to the Gosho, and in the Edo period, Kunitomo ASHIKAGA, a descendant of the Kamakura Kubo family, was awarded the gosho-go when he returned to the Edo bakufu.
Japanese: なお、室町時代においては将軍、鎌倉公方及び足利一門、さらには北畠氏などが御所を称することができたが、江戸時代に鎌倉公方家の末裔である足利国朝が江戸幕府に帰参する折、御所号を許されている。
English: Fukiage Omiya Gosho (the palace was originally the Gosho for the Emperor Showa, and was later used as Omiya Gosho, or Gosho for empresses, for Empress Kojun.)
Japanese: 吹上大宮御所（昭和天皇時代の御所で、その後、香淳皇后の大宮御所として利用されていた）
English: Kyoto Omiya Gosho, Nyoin Gosho (originally built for the empress dowager, but currently used by the Emperor, the Empress, and the Imperial Family when they visit Kyoto.)
Japanese: 京都大宮御所　女院御所（皇太后の御所として造営されたが、現在は天皇・皇后および皇族が京都へ帰洛した際に宿泊する）
English: Kyu Kayanomiya Tei Ato, or Former Kayanomiya Family Residence Site (the Kayanomiya Residence was built on the site of the Nyoin Gosho different from the Nyoin Gosho above, and the residence was later demolished.)
Japanese: 旧嘉陽宮邸跡　嘉陽宮家は上記とは別の女院御所旧地に設立された、築地は撤去された
English: Sento Gosho (the Gosho was originally built for the retired emperors, but it was burned down, and its garden and tea room only remain today.)
Japanese: 仙洞御所（上皇の御所として造営されたが、焼失して現在は庭園と茶室のみ。）
English: Originally, the kanji character '祇' (gi) as in '祇園' (Gion) was formed by combining '示' (ji) and '氏' (shi); however, '祗園' (Gion) today is a misspelling (see wikt, or Wiktionary: '祇').
Japanese: 本来は祇園の「祇」の字は「示」+「氏」と書く（祗園は誤記。wikt祇を参照）。
English: The kanji character formed by combining 'ネ' and '氏' in JIS83 character set is still widely used for shop signs and guide signs in Gion.
Japanese: 但し、現地の店の看板や案内表示等にもJIS83字体の「ネ」+「氏」の表記は多数見られる。
English: Gion developed as a monzen-machi (a town established around a prominent temple or shrine) of the Yasaka-jinja Shrine (called Gion-sha Shrine until the end of the Edo period) along Shijo-dori Street from the Kamo-gawa River (Yodo-gawa River system) to the Yasaka-jinja shrine on Shijo-dori Street.
Japanese: 八坂神社（江戸時代までは祇園社）の門前町として鴨川_(淀川水系)から東大路通・八坂神社までの四条通沿いに発展した。
English: Gion is one of the major hanamachi ('flower town,' or geisha district also famous for apprentice geisha) in Kyoto, and has a kabuki theater called Minamiza.
Japanese: 京都有数の花街（舞妓がいることでも有名）であり、南座という歌舞伎劇場もある。
English: Gion today has many bars in addition to chaya (teahouses) and ryotei (traditional Japanese restaurants), and thus the traditional townscape has been disappearing; the streets lined with houses with lattice doors, however, remind one of the area's past elegance and dignity.
Japanese: 現在は茶屋、料亭のほかにバーも多く、昔のおもかげは薄らいだが、格子戸の続く家並みには往時の風雅と格調がしのばれる。
English: The north of Gion which stretches from Shinbashi-dori Street to the Shira-kawa River has been selected as one of the Important Preservation Districts for Groups of Historic Buildings while the area in the south around Hanamikoji-dori Street has been designated as the Historical Landscape Preservation and Improvement District: the preservation and use of traditional townscape have been enhanced.
Japanese: 北部の新橋通から白川沿いの地区は国の重要伝統的建造物群保存地区に選定、南部の花見小路を挟む一帯は京都市の歴史的景観保全修景地区に指定され、伝統ある町並みの保護と活用が進んでいる。
English: Additionally, the intersection of Shijo-dori Street and Higashi-oji-dori Street is called the 'Gion' intersection (it is often referred to as 'Gion Ishidan-shita').
Japanese: また、四条通と東大路の交差点は「祇園」交差点である（しばしば「祇園石段下」とも言う）。
English: Miyama-cho was a town located roughly in the center of Kyoto Prefecture until December 31, 2005.
Japanese: 美山町（みやまちょう）は、2005年12月31日まで京都府のほぼ中央に存在した町。
English: The area of Miyama-cho was 340.47 sq. km, the largest of the towns and villages in Kyoto Prefecture.
Japanese: 町面積は、340.47平方キロメ－トルで、京都府内の町村で一番大きい。
English: The town is surrounded by a mountain range with the 800- to 900-meter class mountains of Mt. Mikunidake, Mt. Tokin and Mt. Choro; the headstream of the Yura-gawa River threads its way through the mountains and flows through the center of the town.
Japanese: 三国岳、頭巾山、長老山など、8～900メ－トル級の連山に囲まれ、その山あいを縫うように、由良川の源流が町の中央部を流れている。
English: Among the houses along the river, approximately 250 of them have thatched roofs and many of them remain in the northern settlement, in particular; with the natural scenery and thatched houses in perfect harmony, the area retains the unspoiled landscape of farming villages in Japan.
Japanese: 川に沿って建てられた民家のうちおよそ250棟は、昔ながらの茅葺き民家で、特に北集落は茅葺き民家が多く残っており、自然景観と、茅葺き民家がうまく調和して、日本の農村の原風景とも言うべき風情を呈している。
English: Furthermore, the settlement in this area has been selected as one of the 'Important Preservation Districts for Groups of Historic Buildings' by the Agency for Cultural Affairs.
Japanese: また、この集落は、文化庁の「重要伝統的建造物群保存地区」に選定されている。
English: On January 1, 2006, four neighboring towns were merged to form Nantan City, ending the history of Miyama-cho as a municipal government.
Japanese: 2006年1月1日に周辺4町が合併して南丹市となり、地方公共団体としての美山町は歴史の幕を閉じた。
English: On April 1, the five villages of Hiraya-mura, Miyajima-mura, Ono-mura, Chii-mura and Tsurugaoka-mura were newly merged to form Miyama-cho.
Japanese: 4月1日、北桑田郡平屋村、宮島村、大野村、知井村、鶴ヶ岡村の5村が新設合併、美山町となる。
English: The Kotsuru Line (小鶴線) was planned to connect Obama Station on the Obama Line and Tonoda Station on the Sanin Main Line (present-day Hiyoshi station (Kyoto Prefecture) and run through the town, but did not open.
Japanese: 小浜線小浜駅と山陰本線殿田駅（現日吉駅(京都府)）を結ぶ小鶴線が町内を通る計画だったが、未開業に終わった。
English: The place name originally shows Nishikyo Ward (on the right bank of the Katsura-gawa River (Yodo-gawa River system), and the area on the left bank is Sagano, Ukyo Ward, but, because the are around Togetsu-kyo Bridge including the Saga area is collectively introduced as Arashiyama in the tourist information, etc., this article provides explanations of whole area around Togetsu-kyo Bridge as Arashiyama.
Japanese: 本来地名としては西京区（桂川(淀川水系)の右岸）を指し、左岸は右京区嵯峨野であるが、観光案内等では嵯峨地区を含めた渡月橋（とげつきょう）周辺全域を一まとめに嵐山と称する事が多いため、本記事では渡月橋周辺全域をしての嵐山を扱う。
English: Arashiyama, located in the west of urban area of Kyoto City, has represented sightseeing areas in Kyoto ever since noble families used this place as a resort area in the Heian period.
Japanese: 京都市街の西に位置し、平安時代に貴族の別荘地となって以来、京都の代表的な観光地となっている。
English: On the north of the Sanin Main Line of West Japan Railway Company, lie sightseeing areas called Sagano.
Japanese: 西日本旅客鉄道山陰本線の北側には嵯峨野と呼ばれる観光地が広がっている。
English: In 1980s, many entertainers' shops drastically increased around the area on the north of Togetsu-kyo Bridge, and attracted young tourists including students on school excursions, but, some people had an unfavorable opinion because such shops might destroy the atmosphere.
Japanese: 1980年代には渡月橋の北側を中心にタレントショップが急増し、修学旅行生など若い観光客で賑わう一方で、雰囲気が破壊されるとの批判もある。
English: Because the heavy traffic paralyzes road traffic in the tourist season, regulations were imposed on cars coming into the city, together with the implementation of a trial operation of a park-and-ride system to carry visitors by bus (public transport) from an inexpensive or free parking area developed in the suburb.
Japanese: 観光シーズンになると渋滞が激しく道路交通が麻痺してしまうため、乗用車の乗り入れ規制や、郊外に格安または無料の駐車場を整備しそこからバス(交通機関)で運ぶパーク・アンド・ライドの実験が行われた。
English: Forestry was active in the areas along the Hozu-gawa River above the Oi-gawa River, and the river was used to carry the logged timber to the city of Kyoto.
Japanese: 大堰川の上流の保津川の流域では林業が盛んであり、伐採した木材を京都の街に運ぶために川が使われた。
English: Arashiyama was the terminal point, and people can now enjoy going down the same course on a pleasure boat from Kameoka City through the Hozu-kyo Gorge Hozu gawa River rafting.
Japanese: 嵐山はその終着点であり、現在では同じコースを遊覧船で下る「保津峡保津川下り」が亀岡市から体験できる。
English: Misora Hibari Memorial Hall - Opened on April 26, 2008 after renovating 'Misora Hibari Hall' temporarily closed in November 2006
Japanese: 京都嵐山美空ひばり座-2006年11月に一旦閉館した「美空ひばり館」が、2008年4月26日に改名のうえリニューアルオープン。
English: The bridge looks like a wooden bridge in photographs, but, its main body has a structure of reinforced concrete (only parapets are made of wood), and it is a practicable bridge also for cars.
Japanese: 写真などでは木造の橋と思われがちだが、実際は本体は鉄筋コンクリート製（欄干のみ木製）で、車の通行も可能である。
English: Sagano Scenic Line of Sagano Scenic Railway: Sight-seeing tram running between Saga Torokko Station and Kameoka Torokko Station (no operation in winter)
Japanese: 嵯峨野観光鉄道嵯峨野観光線：トロッコ列車でトロッコ嵯峨駅とトロッコ亀岡駅を結ぶ（冬季運休）。
English: Ponto-cho, located in Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City, is a hanamachi ('flower town,' or geisha district) that lies between the Kamo-gawa River (Yodo-gawa River system) and Kiyamachi-dori Street.
Japanese: 先斗町（ぽんとちょう）は京都市中京区に位置し、鴨川(淀川水系)と木屋町通の間にある花街。
English: Its original land feature was a sandbank in the Kamo-gawa River, but, reclamation work was conducted as part of bank protection work during the early Edo period, and the place came to be called Shin-kawaramachi-dori Street.
Japanese: もともとは鴨川の州で、江戸時代初期に護岸工事で埋立てられ、新河原町通と呼ばれていた。
English: Ponto-cho as an entertainment district started from the establishment of Chaya (Teahouse) and inns, and was already controlled repeatedly because geisha and shogi (prostitutes) came to reside here, but Ponto-cho was recognized as a place for migrant workers working at "Nijo Shinchi" in Kawabata Nijo, and became independent during the early Meiji period.
Japanese: 繁華街としては茶屋、旅籠などが置かれたのが始まりですでに芸妓、娼妓が居住するようになり何度も取り締られていたが川端二条にあった『二条新地』（にじょうしんち）の出稼ぎ地として認められ、明治初期に独立をした。
English: The first performance of Kamogawa Odori (Kamo River Dance) was held in 1872, and Ponto-cho bloomed as a hanamachi.
Japanese: 明治5年（1872年）に鴨川をどりが初演され、先斗町は花街としての花を開かせた。
English: Ponto-cho is a narrow stone-paved street running between the Kamo-gawa River and Kiyamachi-dori Street from Sanjo-dori Hitosuji Kudaru to Shijo-dori Street.
Japanese: 三条通一筋下ルから四条通まで、鴨川と木屋町通の間を南北に走る、石畳の狭い通りである。
English: The maintenance of cityscape is threatened by laws such as the Fire Service Act, and furthermore, the deteriorating condition of public safety in the neighboring town, Kiya-machi, causes a negative effect on the hanamachi.
Japanese: 消防法など法律で町並みの維持が危ぶまれ、さらに隣の木屋町の治安の悪化が花街に悪影響を及ぼしている。
English: Some people say that the place name, Ponto, derives from a Portuguese word "ponto" ("point" in English).
Japanese: 一説によれば、先斗という地名の語源はポルトガル語のponto（「先」の意）にあるとされる。
English: However, other people say that, since Ponto-cho is located between the Kamo-gawa River and the Takase-gawa River (Kyoto Prefecture), upon taking its landscape as Tsutsumi (levee), the name derives from a sound of Tsuzumi (hand drum), 'Pon,' using an analogy between Tsutsumi and Tsuzumi.
Japanese: また、鴨川と高瀬川(京都府)に挟まれているため、堤であると捉え、鼓が「ポン」と鳴ることに掛けて、「ぽんと」となったという説もある。
English: Even if a street (Shimogyo Ward) running from Shijo-dori Street to the southern part is called Ponto-cho, most people can recognize the name, but, the street has another official name: Saiseki-dori Street, and the entertainment district lies along the street.
Japanese: 四条通より南側に続く通り（下京区）を先斗町と呼んでも理解されるが、正しくは西石垣通（さいせきどおり）という別の名前があり、繁華街が続いている。
English: Gion Higashi is a hanamachi ('flower town,' or geisha district), located on the east side of the north of the intersection of the Shijo-dori Street and the Hanami-koji Street, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City.
Japanese: 祇園東（ぎおんひがし）は京都市東山区四条通花見小路通上ル東側に位置する花街。
English: It started with the opening of a tea house in front of the gate of the Yasaka-jinja Shrine in the beginning of the Edo period.
Japanese: 江戸初期に八坂神社の門前で営業された水茶屋がこの花街の始まりである。
English: At the end of the Edo period, it was said to have boasted five hundred tea houses and more than one thousand of geisha, apprentice geisha and shogi (prostitutes) in total, and flourished thanks to appreciation by many prominent figures such as literati and politicians.
Japanese: 江戸末期にはお茶屋が500軒、芸妓、舞妓、娼妓合わせて1000人以上いたといい、文人や政治家等に愛され大いに繁栄した。