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English: Imadegawa-dori Street is one of the major east-west streets in the northern part of downtown Kyoto City.
Japanese: 今出川通（いまでがわどおり）は京都市中心市街地北部の主要な東西の通りの一つ。
English: It starts from the gate of Jisho-ji (Ginkaku-ji) Temple (Ginkakuji-cho, Sakyo Ward) in the east, and ends slightly west of Tojiin Station of the Keifuku Electric Railroad.
Japanese: 東は左京区銀閣寺町の慈照寺門前から西は京福電気鉄道等持院駅のやや西まで延びている。
English: The street was outside Heian-kyo, but it was developed later with the expansion of the downtown area to the northeast.
Japanese: 平安京の範囲からは北に外れているが、後に市街地が北東へ拡大したことにより通りが作られた。
English: The name 'Imade-gawa' originates from a tributary of the Kamo-gawa River called the Imade-gawa River, which ran from Higashi-no-Toin-dori Street to Higashikyogoku-oji Street (the present-day Teramachi-dori Street).
Japanese: 「今出川」の名前は鴨川分流の今出川が東洞院通から東京極大路（現在の寺町通）まで通りに沿って流れていたことに由来する。
English: The Imadegawa Line of the Kyoto City Trams ran until 1976 from Shirakawa-dori Street (Ginkakuji-michi Stop) to Nishioji-dori Street (Kitano-Hakubaicho Stop).
Japanese: 1976年まで京都市電今出川線が白川通（銀閣寺道電停）から西大路通（北野白梅町駅電停）まで通っていた。
English: In the west, the street up to the Kitano-Hakubaicho crossing belongs to the Ginkakuji-Utano Line of Kyoto Prefectural Route 101.
Japanese: 西は北野白梅町交差点までが京都府道101号銀閣寺宇多野線となっている。
English: The street, comprising a four-lane road with pedestrian paths, is operated as the Shishigadani-Arashiyama Line of Kyoto City Road 187.
Japanese: 全区間京都市道187号鹿ヶ谷嵐山線として、4車線の供用および歩道が整備されている。
English: Its west end, which was once Nishinokyo-Enmachi crossing in Nakagyo Ward, was extended from Nishinokyo-Enmachi to Myoshinji-mae crossing in 1966, and further to Saga-shakado-daimon-cho crossing, Ukyo Ward, in 1970.
Japanese: かつては、西端は中京区の西ノ京円町交差点までであったが、1966年に西ノ京円町から妙心寺前交差点まで西に延伸、1970年にはさらに右京区嵯峨釈迦堂大門町まで延伸した。
English: The name of the street is said to come from the fact that many lumber dealers were located in Nishi-horikawa, which lies along this street.
Japanese: この通り沿いの西堀川に材木商が多いため、この名がついたと言われている。
English: Fiscal year 2005 Average Weekday 24-hour Traffic Volume (numbers) (Road Traffic Census)
Japanese: 2005年度（平成17年度道路交通センサスより）平日24時間交通量（台）
English: Nijo-dori Street stretches from Shirakawa-dori Street in the east to Nijo Castle in the west, which faces Horikawa-dori Street; the former Nijo-dori Street continues west from the Senbon-dori Street and includes the shopping street of the Suzaku Nijo Shopping District Promotion Association.
Japanese: 東は白川通から西は二条城に面する堀川通まで延びているが、千本通から西に旧二条通があり、朱雀二条商店街振興組合と称する商店街がある。
English: Today there are cultural facilities built in and after the Meiji period, such as Kyoto Kaikan Hall; the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; and Kyoto City Zoo, together with Heian Jingu Shrine, which is located a little north of the street.
Japanese: ここには京都会館、京都市美術館、京都国立近代美術館、京都市動物園など、やや北に位置する平安神宮とともに明治以降に作られた文化施設が並ぶ。
English: At the southeast corner with Teramachi-dori Street, there is a fruit shop that Motojiro KAJII, a novelist known for his work titled 'Remon (Lemon),' visited in order to buy lemons.
Japanese: 寺町通の南東角には、小説「檸檬(小説)」で知られる梶井基次郎が、レモンを買い求めた果物屋が現存する。
English: The street, which was once the main thoroughfare and bordered the east edge of Heian-kyo, runs along east side of Kyoto Gosho (Old Imperial Palace), because Kyoto Gosho was relocated to its present site after the decline of Ukyo (the western part of the capital) and perpetuated disorder.
Japanese: 都の東端の大路であったが、右京の衰退や相次ぐ戦乱等によって京都御所が移転したため、現在は京都御所の東端の通りとなっている。
English: The street obtained the name "Teramachi (literally temple district)" because Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI's recreation of Kyoto led many temples to move into the east side of this street.
Japanese: 豊臣秀吉による京都改造によって通りの東側に寺院が集められたことからこの名前になった。
English: The arrangement of temples in line with the city's eastern Odoi Fortress is said to have been aimed at damping the morale of troops entering the city from the east.
Japanese: 東の御土居に沿うように寺を配置することで東から進入する軍勢の戦意の低下をねらったと言われる。
English: The street was once the major north-south thoroughfare, and steetcars (which were operated by Kyoto Electric Railway and later purchased by Kyoto City Trams) ran from Imadegawa-dori Street to Nijo-dori Street.
Japanese: かつては南北方向の主要な通りの一つであり、今出川通から二条通にかけては京都電気鉄道（のちに買収され京都市電）の路面電車が走っていた。
English: When Kawaramachi-dori Street was widened in the 1920s and the tracks of the streetcars were transferred there, Teramachi-dori Street yielded its position as a main street to Kawaramachi-dori Street.
Japanese: 1920年代に河原町通が拡幅されると、市電のルートもそちらに移るなどメインストリートの座を譲った。
English: The section from Marutamachi-dori Street to Nijo-dori Street is a shopping street filled with antique stores, galleries and antiquarian bookshops belonging to the Teramachi Shopping District Promotion.
Japanese: 丸太町通から二条通までは、古美術店や画廊、古書店などが並ぶ寺町会の商店街である。
English: The section from the Oike-dori Street to Shijo-dori Street is an arcade of shops, and it's closed to traffic during the daytime.
Japanese: 御池通から四条通に至る区間は、アーケードの商店街となっており、日中は車両進入禁止である。
English: The section from Oike-dori Street to Sanjo-dori Street is Teramachi Shopping Street, and the section from Sanjo-dori Street to Shijo-dori Street, which parallels Shinkyogoku-dori Street, is the Teramachi-Kyogoku Shopping Street.
Japanese: 御池通から三条通までは、寺町専門店街であり、新京極通と平行する三条通から四条通までは、寺町京極商店街である。
English: The section between Shijo-dori Street and Takatsuji-dori Street was once Kyoto's largest electronic quarter, which was smaller than in scale but can be compared to Akihabara and Denden Town; now, however, the electric goods shops decline in number from their flourishing past, like in Nihonbashi and Osu, and are being replaced by new urban-style apartments.
Japanese: また、四条通から高辻通にかけては、東京や大阪と比べると小規模ながら電気街になっており、京都の秋葉原やでんでんタウンといってもよい通りであったが、日本橋や大須同様に、往時と比べて電気店の数が減少し、新しい都心型のマンションなどが建設されている。
English: The area along the street between Sanjo-dori Street and Shijo-dori Street is Kyoto's central shopping and entertainment district, having pedestrian paths covered by an arcade.
Japanese: 三条通から四条通にかけては京都の中心繁華街となり、歩道にはアーケードが設けられている。
English: Thus it intersects Teramachi-dori Street and Gokomachi-dori Street, which run completely north-south.
Japanese: そのため、純粋に南北方向に走っている寺町通・御幸町通とは交差している。
English: Fiscal year 2005 Average Weekday 24-Hour Traffic Volume (Statistics) (Road Traffic Census)
Japanese: 2005年度（平成17年度道路交通センサスより）平日24時間交通量（台）
English: Shoseien Garden (Kikokutei), from Kami-juzuyamachi-dori Street to Shimo-juzuyamachi-dori Street (the entrance is the opposite side on Ainomachi-dori Street).
Japanese: 渉成園（枳殻邸）上珠数屋町通から下珠数屋町通（入り口は反対側の間之町通）
English: According to Uji-shui monogatari (Uji-shui stories), its initial name in the Heian period, Gusoku-koji Street, was corrupted into Kuso-koji Street, and then, at imperial command, it was named Nishikikoji after Ayanokoji-dori Street, which is the next street southward across Shijo-dori Street.
Japanese: 宇治拾遺物語の記述によると、平安時代は具足小路と呼ばれ、その後なまって、糞小路となり、勅命で四条通をはさんで南隣の綾小路通にちなんで錦小路に改められたという。
English: Kyoto Nishiki Food Market, located between Takakura-dori Street and Teramachi-dori Street, is referred to as "Kyo (Capital) no daidokoro" (kitchen of Kyoto), whose narrow, stone-paved street is lined with fruit and vegetable shops, fresh fish shops, grocers and stores offering prepared meals.
Japanese: 高倉通と寺町通間の錦市場は京の台所とよばれ、青果店、鮮魚店、乾物店、惣菜店などが並ぶアーケード、石畳の狭い通り。
English: It is the first avenue encountered by passengers getting out of Kyoto Station to the north, and the section between Kawaramachi-dori Street and Horikawa-dori Street is busy with many buses arriving at and departing from the Karasuma-guchi gateway, Kyoto Station.
Japanese: 京都駅を北に降りてまず目に入る大通りであり、河原町通から堀川通までは京都駅烏丸口に発着するバス(交通機関)の往来が激しい。
English: Kyoto City Trams used to run from the front of Kyoto Station; trams (standard-gauge) ran east to Kawaramachi-dori Street and those (narrow-gauge, also called N-den) ran west to Nishinotoin-dori Street.
Japanese: 京都駅前から東へ河原町通までは京都市電（の標準軌路線）が、京都駅前から西へ西洞院通までは京都市電の狭軌路線であるN電が走っていた。
English: The street, located south of Yobai-dori Street and Matoba-dori Street and north of Hanayacho-dori Street, runs from Kawaramachi-dori Street in the east to Horikawa-dori Street in the west.
Japanese: 東は河原町通から西は堀川通まで、楊梅通や的場通の南で花屋町通の北にある。
English: Shijo-dori Street and Shichijo-dori Street, which share numerals in their names and originating from main streets of Heian-kyo, serve as main arteries, whereas Rokujo-dori Street is a community road.
Japanese: 同様に数を名前に持ち、平安京の大路に由来する四条通や七条通が幹線道路になっているのに対し、六条通は生活道路である。
English: It has two lanes between Kawaramachi-dori Street and Karasuma-dori Street, but the section west of Karasuma-dori Street to Horikawa-dori Street is so narrow that it can barely accommodate a car.
Japanese: 河原町通と烏丸通の間では2車線あるものの、烏丸通から西、堀川通までは車が走れないほど細くなっている。
English: This is because the shopping street is a remnant of the past Uonotana-dori Street, as included in songs used to memorize east-west streets by heart (refer to the article "Streets in Kyoto City"), and just like Nishikikoji-dori Street, the width of the old day's street lined with shops has been passed down.
Japanese: これは、東西の通りを覚える歌（京都市内の通り参照）に歌われる魚の棚通の名残りであり、錦小路通と同様に往時の店が建ち並んだ道幅を継承しているからである。
English: The street, which forms an extended line of Rokujo-dori Street beyond the parking lots of Nishi Hongan-ji Temple, starts from Omiya-dori Street and is called Tanbaguchi-dori Street.
Japanese: 西本願寺の駐車場（旧･本圀寺寺地）をはさんで西の延長上、大宮通から先にある通りは丹波口通となっている。
English: It extends from Takagamine in Kita Ward (Kyoto City) in the north to the crossing with Kyoto-Moriguchi Line of the Kyoto/Osaka Prefectural Route 13 in Noso-cho, Fushimi Ward, in the south.
Japanese: 北は北区(京都市)鷹峯から南は伏見区納所町の京都府道・大阪府道13号京都守口線交差点まで延びている。
English: The section from Hachijo-dori Street to Kuzebashi-dori Street is referred to as the former Senbon-dori Street because Shin-senbon-dori (new Senbon-dori) Street runs one block west of it.
Japanese: また、一筋西に新千本通があるため、八条通から久世橋通間は旧千本通と呼ばれる。
English: The section north of Sanjo-dori Street was widened during the Meiji and Taisho periods and served as the main north-south street; however, in the section south of Sanjo-dori Street the role has been taken over by the route once held by Kyoto City Trams, diverging to Koin-dori Street and continuing into Omiya-dori Street south from Shijo-dori Street.
Japanese: 三条通以北は明治から大正にかけて拡幅されているが、三条以南は南北の主要な通りとしての機能は、京都市電の経路そのままに後院通を経て四条通以南で大宮通へとつながる。
English: Some say its name comes from the thousand Buddhist pagodas that were placed in order to hold a mass for the dead carried to the burial site at the western foot of Mt. Funaoka.
Japanese: 一説には、船岡山西麓の葬送地への道に千本の仏塔を建て供養したのが通り名の由来とする。
English: With the decline of Ukyo (the western part of the capital), it became a street on the western outskirt of the capital. Additionally, the Dai-dairi (site of the Imperial Palace and government offices) had to be moved, and the street was extended to the north from Nijo-dori Street through the area where the Dai-dairi should have been located.
Japanese: 右京の衰退によって、都の西のはずれの道になり、大内裏の消失によって二条通以北の本来、大内裏のあるべきところにも延長された。
English: During the late Meiji period, as part of three major reconstruction projects in Kyoto City, the widening of streets and the construction of the City Trams were carried out, and the Senbon Line of Kyoto City Trams ran on the street between Kitaoji-dori Street and Sanjo.
Japanese: 明治末の京都市の三大事業の一つとして拡幅と市電の敷設が行われ、北大路通から三条は京都市電千本線が通っていた。
English: During the Meiji and Taisho periods, the street between Sanjo and Imadegawa-dori Street was an area for shopping and entertainment that compared to Kawaramachi-dori Street.
Japanese: 明治、大正の頃には三条から今出川通の北にかけて河原町通と並ぶ繁華街として栄えた。
English: There are Higashi-horikawa-dori Street and Nishi-horikawa-dori Street in some sections, which run along the two sides of the Hori-kawa River (Kyoto Prefecture), but Nishi-horikawa-dori Street is usually called Horikawa-dori Street.
Japanese: 一部区間には堀川(京都府)を挟んで、東堀川通と西堀川通があるが、通常は西堀川通を堀川通と呼ぶ。
English: It starts in the north, from Kamo-kaido Road to the bank of the Kamo-gawa River (Yodo-gawa River system), and in the south merges with Abura-no-koji dori Street, which runs one block east around the north of the intersection with the Tokaido Main Line.
Japanese: 北は鴨川(淀川水系)堤の加茂街道から南は東海道本線交差部北で一筋東を走っていた油小路通に合流する。
English: The section north of Horikawa-Shimei-dori Street is a four-lane highway, and the section between Horikawa-Shimei-dori Street and Horikawa-Imadegawa-dori Street is a wide, six-lane highway with a broad center divider.
Japanese: 堀川紫明通以北は4車線の幹線道路、堀川紫明から堀川今出川通までは中央分離帯の幅も広いゆったりとした6車線の幹線道路。
English: In the section between Horikawa-Imadegawa and Horikawa-Oike-dori Street, Hori-kawa River is open (not a closed circuit) as described below, and both Higashi-horikawa-dori Street and Nishi-horikawa-dori Street run in parallel.
Japanese: 堀川今出川から堀川御池通は後述の通り堀川が明り区間で、東西堀川通が並び残っている。
English: Horikawa-dori Street runs from Oike over the closed Hori-kawa River, deviates east from Horikawa Gojo, joins Samegai-dori Street, and turns eastward at a right angle at the north of Nishi Hongan-ji Temple; while the Hori-kawa River (which is still closed) deviates west around Horikawa-shijo-dori Street, Horikawa-dori Street merges, at the north side of the Tokaido Main Line, with Abura-no-koji dori Street (a street running one block to the east).
Japanese: 御池から暗渠になった堀川の上も道路となり、堀川五条でやや東に振れて醒ヶ井通を合わせ、西本願寺北で鍵の手に東に折れ、堀川七条通で暗渠のまま堀川は西に逸れ、堀川通は東海道本線北で一筋東の通りである油小路通に合流する。
English: The name of the street south of the merging point is Abura-no-koji dori Street, but some call it Shin-horikawa-dori Street (the new Horikawa-dori Street) because it continues from Horikawa-dori Street.
Japanese: 合流点以南の通りの名称は「油小路通」であるが、堀川通とひと続きの道路との認識から「新堀川通」と呼ばれることもある。
English: South of Shichijo, Nishi-horikawa-dori Street runs a block away from Horikawa-dori Street over the closed Hori-kawa River.
Japanese: 七条以南では交通量の少ない西堀川通が堀川通と一区画離れて、暗渠となった堀川の上を通っている。
English: Fiscal year 2005 Average Weekday 24-Hour Traffic Volume (numbers) (Road Traffic Census)
Japanese: 2005年度（平成17年度道路交通センサスより）平日24時間交通量（台）
English: Nishi-horikawa-dori Street is now wider because, during World War II, the houses along it were forced to move in order to provide a fire-blocking zone.
Japanese: 西堀川通は第二次世界大戦時に防火帯として沿道の家屋が強制疎開させられたため、現在ある広い通りになった。
English: The Horikawa Line of Kyoto City Trams (unofficially called the Kitano Line, N-den), which was opened by Kyoto Electric Railway, ran on the narrow Higashi-horikawa-dori Street from Horikawa-Nakadachiuri-dori Street to Shijo-Horikawa until 1961, when it was abolished.
Japanese: 京都電気鉄道が開通させた後の京都市電堀川線（通称北野線、N電）は、1961年（昭和36年）に廃止になるまで狭い東堀川通を堀川中立売通から四条堀川まで走っていた。
English: The Hori-kawa River (Kyoto Prefecture) is open only in the section between Imadegawa-dori Street and the Oike-dori Street, with the majority being a closed circuit.
Japanese: 川としての堀川(京都府)は今出川通から御池通までの区間は地上に出ているが大部分は暗渠である。
English: The beautiful pine trees bordering the street led it to be called 'Gojo-Matsubara-dori Street,' but only the name 'Matsubara-dori Street' remains.
Japanese: 松並木の綺麗な通から「五条松原通」と言われるようになり、後に「松原通」の名前だけが残った。
English: Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI moved a bridge in Gojo to where it is today, and the street two blocks south (having the name Gojo-no-hashi Bridge) then assumed the name of Gojo-dori Street.
Japanese: 豊臣秀吉が五条の橋を現在の地に架けたことから二筋南に五条通の名前が移った。
English: Therefore, the bridge of the Matsubara-dori Street is the true 'bridge in Gojo' where Ushiwakamaru and the priest Musashibo Benkei are said to have met; this means that the statues of Ushiwakamaru and Benkei standing at Gojo-ohashi Nishizume are two blocks south of where they should be.
Japanese: つまり、牛若丸と武蔵坊弁慶が出会ったと言われる「五条の橋」は、松原通に架かる橋が正当であり、現在五条大橋西詰におかれている2人の像は二筋南におかれていることになる。
English: Incidentally, some say that the bridge where they met was the one spanning over the Kamo-gawa River (Yodo-gawa River system), while others say the bridge was the one near Gojo Tenshingu Shrine that crossed a river running along Nishinotoin-dori Street, since Kamo-gawa had no bridge.
Japanese: その橋も、鴨川(淀川水系)であるとする説の他、鴨川には橋は架かっておらず五条天神宮の近く、西洞院通に沿って流れていた川に架かっていた橋であるとする説もある。
English: Most of Matsubara-dori Street today is a narrow, one-way road in the shopping district that continues across Horikawa-dori Street.
Japanese: 現在は多くの区間が一方通行の細い道で、堀川通をはさんで商店街が続く。
English: This street is the only one (except for main thoroughfares such as Sanjo, Shijo, Gojo and Shichijo) that can take you from Karasuma-dori Street to Higashioji-dori Street by car (not in the opposite direction).
Japanese: 三条・四条・五条・七条といった大通り以外で、車で、烏丸通から東大路通まで通り抜けることのできる唯一の通りである（逆方向は不可）。
English: Arashiyama-Takao Park Way is an ordinary motorway run by Nishiyama Driveway Co., Ltd., a part of the Hankyu Hanshin Holdings group.
Japanese: 嵐山高雄パークウェイ（あらしやまたかおパークウェイ）は、阪急阪神ホールディングスグループの西山ドライブウエイ株式会社が経営する一般自動車道。
English: Arashiyama-Takao Park Way is a toll highway spanning over a total length of 10.7 km and connects Takao (on National Road No. 162) and Arashiyama (on Kiyotaki-kaido road) in Sakyo Ward in Kyoto City.
Japanese: 京都市右京区の高雄（国道162号）と嵐山（清滝街道）を結ぶ全長10.7kmの有料道路。
English: Along Arashiyama-Takao Park Way, there are Shobudaniike Amusement Park, Misoradai Amusement Park, Dog Run Wanyuu Land, a herb garden, and a fishing pond.
Japanese: 沿道には菖蒲谷池遊園地、観空台遊園地、展望台、ドッグ・ランワン遊ランド、ハーブ園、釣り池がある。
English: Note that two-wheel vehicles are not allowed on Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays, and on January 1st to 3rd, July 21st to August 31st, and October 21st to November 30th.
Japanese: なお、土日祝日及び1月1日～3日、7月21日～8月31日、10月21日～11月30日の各日は二輪車通行禁止となるので注意が必要。
English: The street north of Shimei-dori Street passes through a residential area, which was created under a land-adjustment project, west of Shinmachi-dori Street and east of Horikawa-dori Street.
Japanese: 紫明通から北は新町通の西で堀川通の東、土地区画整理事業された住宅地をとおる道。
English: The interrupted section between Shimei-dori Street and Kamidachiuri-dori Street looks as if Abura-no-koji dori Street continues, because Ogawa-dori Street, which runs one block east, deviates to the west.
Japanese: 紫明通から上立売通までの中断区間は一筋東の小川通が西にずれているため油小路通が続いているようにも見える。
English: The street south of Kamidachiuri-dori Street is a narrow, one-way northbound traffic, running one block east of Horikawa-dori Street and west of Ogawa-dori Street.
Japanese: 上立売通から南では、堀川通の一筋東で小川通の西の北行一方通行の細い道。
English: It merges with Horikawa-dori Street at the north side of the railway bridge of the Tokaido Main Line.
Japanese: 東海道本線をくぐるガードの北で堀川通と合流し、南部の幹線道路となる。
English: After the merging point just north of the railway bridge of the Tokaido Main Line, it forms a highway that continues from Horikawa-dori Street, leading to the Kyoto-sotokanjo-sen Belt Line.
Japanese: 東海道本線を潜るすぐ北で合流したのちは堀川通と連続した幹線道路を形成し、京都外環状線に至る。
English: The section south of the intersection with the Kyoto-sotokanjo-sen Belt Line is National Route 1 Daini-Keihan-Doro Bypass, which is connected to Daini-Keihan-Doro Bypass at Kumiyama Town, Kuse-gun.
Japanese: 外環状線との交差点以南は、国道1号第二京阪道路となっており、久世郡久御山町から第二京阪道路につながっている。
English: The opening of Kyoto Minami Ohashi Bridge and Rakunan Road has reduced the chronic congestion of National Route 1.
Japanese: 京都南大橋と洛南道路の開通により、慢性的な国道1号の渋滞が大幅に緩和された。
English: The opening of the Kyoto-daini-soto-kanjo-doro Belt Line around the same time and the access route to the Keiji Bypass and Meishin Expressway have also had multiple strong effects on the improvement of traffic conditions around neighboring areas.
Japanese: また同時期に開通した京都第二外環状道路や京滋バイパス・名神高速道路の連絡ルートによる強い相乗作用が加わり、周辺区域の交通事情が改善した。
English: Some call this section 'Shin Abura-no-koji-dori Street' (New Abura-no-koji dori Street) because it is an extension of the traditional Abura-no-koji dori Street.
Japanese: 従来の油小路通から延伸された部分でもあるので、「新油小路通」とも称される。
English: Others call the section (particularly around Fushimi Ward) 'Shin-horikawa-dori' (New Horikawa-dori), and many shops refer to themselves as 'Shin-horikawa branches.'
Japanese: また伏見区内を中心に、正式名称ではないものの「新堀川通」（略して「しんほり」とも）と呼ばれることもあり、沿線の店においても「新堀川店」と称しているものが目立つ。
English: Kyo-kaido Road, or Osaka-kaido Road, is a street that starts from Kyobashi (later moving to Koraibashi) of Osaka, runs along the left bank of the Yodo-gawa River and leads to Kyo (Kyoto) via Yodo.
Japanese: 京街道（きょうかいどう）または大坂街道（おおさかかいどう）とは、大坂（大阪）の京橋（後に高麗橋）から淀川左岸に沿って進み、淀を経て京（京都）に向かう街道である。
English: It originates from Bunrokutei Bank, which Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI had the Mori ｆamily build at the left bank of the Yodo-gawa River in February 1596 as a part of the Fushimi Castle construction, which he had started in 1594.
Japanese: 文禄3年（1594年）に伏見城築造に着手した豊臣秀吉が、文禄5年（1596年）2月に毛利一族に命じて淀川左岸に築かせた「文禄堤」が起源である。
English: One is the Toba-kaido Road which runs along the left bank of the Katsura-gawa River, and the other runs along the right bank of the present-day Uji-gawa River, Yodo-tsutsumi bank, to Fushimi and then to the heart of Kyoto via either the Fushimi-kaido Road or Takeda-kaido Road.
Japanese: 1つは桂川左岸を進む鳥羽街道であり、もう1つは現在の宇治川右岸の淀堤を経て伏見に至り、伏見から伏見街道あるいは竹田街道を経て京都中心部に達する。
English: The section between Fushimi and Osaka was under the control of Dochu-bugyo (magistrate of major roads) as the extension of one of the Go-kaido roads (major five roads that started from Edo (now Tokyo)), and four stages were established along it: Fushimi-shuku (along the Kyo-kaido Road), Yodo-shuku, Hirakata-shuku and Moriguchi-shuku.
Japanese: 伏見から大阪までの道のりは、五街道の一つである東海道の延長として道中奉行の管轄下に置かれ、伏見宿(京街道)、淀宿、枚方宿、守口宿の4宿場が設けられた。
English: In Sankin-kotai (daimyo's (feudal lord) alternate-year residence in Edo), some took this route without passing through Kyoto; at Higechaya-oiwake (Higechaya bisection) after leaving Otsu-shuku of the Tokaido, they separated from the route toward Sanjo-ohashi of Kyoto and traveled along Otsu-kaido Road to Osaka via these four stages.
Japanese: 東海道の大津宿から髭茶屋追分で京都・三条大橋へ向かう道と分かれ、京都を通らず大津街道を通りこれら4宿場を経て大坂に至る道のりは、参勤交代の経路としても用いられた。
English: There is also an unofficial stage called Hashimoto between Yodo-shuku and Hirakata-shuku, which once had a prostitution quarter.
Japanese: また、淀宿と枚方宿の間に橋本という遊郭を持った間の宿が設けられていた。
English: River traffic on the Yodo-gawa River was busy from Fushimi to Osaka, while land traffic was busy from Osaka.
Japanese: 伏見・大坂間は淀川を利用した舟運が盛んであり、陸路の利用は大坂からの上り客が多かった。
English: During the Meiji period the route via Toba-kaido Road began to be recognized as Osaka-kaido Road, and this route was chosen as a national route between Kyoto and Osaka (Old Keihan-kokudo National Road) instead of the route via Fushimi.
Japanese: 明治時代に入ると、鳥羽街道を経るルートが大阪街道とされ、京都・大阪間の国道（旧京阪国道）も伏見を通らないこちらのルートが選択された。
English: The street located west of Nishioji-dori Street starts in the north, from Kinugasa-Tenjinmori-cho near Rokuon-ji Temple in Kita Ward (Kyoto City), and in the south it leads to the south of Hachijo-dori Street.
Japanese: 西大路通の西に位置し北は鹿苑寺付近の、北区(京都市)平野天神森町から南は八条通の南までとなっている。
English: It is commonly called Kasuga-dori Street because Saiin-Kasuga-jinja Shrine is located in the vicinityof the crossing with Shijo-dori Street.
Japanese: 途中四条通との交差点付近に西院春日神社があり、春日通の通称で呼ばれる。
English: In the area around Gojo, the ROHM Co., Ltd., decorates the street with Christmas illumination every year.
Japanese: 五条付近ではクリスマスの季節には沿道のロームによりイルミネーションが行われる。
English: From the neighborhood of Nanzen-ji Temple to Jisho-ji (Ginkaku-ji) Temple, the road is crowded with tourists when cherry blossoms are beautiful along the both sides of Lake Biwa Canal in spring and when leaves turn red in autumn.
Japanese: 南禅寺付近から慈照寺（銀閣寺）まで、琵琶湖疎水の両岸に植えられたサクラはみごとで、春や紅葉の秋は多くの観光客でにぎわう。
English: This road is so called because a philosopher, Kitaro NISHIDA is said to have walked along this road in meditation.
Japanese: 哲学者・西田幾多郎がこの道を散策しながら思索にふけったことからこの名がついたと言われる。
English: It has been chosen as one of 'the 100 best roads in Japan' and is said to have first been called 'Shisaku-no-komichi (path of speculation)' but was later called 'Tetsugaku-no-michi.'
Japanese: 「思索の小径」と呼ばれていたものが、いつしか「哲学の道」と呼ばれるようになったとされ、｢日本の道100選」にも選ばれている散歩道である。
English: Near Honenin Temple, there is a stone monument around halfway, in which his waka, 'Live and let live. I go my own way,' is inscribed.
Japanese: 道の中ほどの法然院近くには、西田が詠んだ歌「人は人　吾はわれ也　とにかくに　吾行く道を　吾は行くなり」の石碑がある。
English: The cherry trees were donated to Kyoto City during Taisho period by the wife of Japanese-style painter, Kansetsu HASHIMOTO, who lived nearby.
Japanese: 哲学の道の桜は、近くに居を構えた日本画家・橋本関雪の夫人が大正年間、京都市に苗木を寄贈したのに始まる。
English: The donated trees were not thought to survive; new trees took place of them and have been trimmed up to the present days.
Japanese: 当初の木はほぼ樹齢が尽きたと思われるが、植え替えられ、手入れされ現在に至っている。