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English: With Maizuru-ko Port designated as an important port/harbor, many ships from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) used this port before economic sanctions were enforced.
Japanese: 重要港湾指定の舞鶴港を擁しており、経済制裁前は朝鮮民主主義人民共和国船の入港が多かった。
English: Kyoto City (Kita Ward (Kyoto City), Kamigyo Ward, Sakyo Ward, Nakagyo Ward, Higashiyama Ward, Shimogyo Ward, Minami Ward (Kyoto City), Ukyo Ward, Fushimi Ward, Yamashina Ward and Nishikyo Ward) (where the prefectural government office is located)
Japanese: 京都市（北区_(京都市)・上京区・左京区・中京区・東山区・下京区・南区_(京都市)・右京区・伏見区・山科区・西京区）（府庁所在地）
English: Uji City, Joyo City, Yawata City, Kyotanabe City, Kuse-gun (Kumiyama-cho) and Tsuzuki-gun (Ide-cho and Ujitawara-cho)
Japanese: 宇治市、城陽市、八幡市、京田辺市、久世郡（久御山町）、綴喜郡（井手町・宇治田原町）
English: Uji City, Joyo City, Uji tawara-cho and ide-cho: The negotiation to merge them did not reach an agreement, and the conference for the negotiation was abolished in August 2007.
Japanese: 宇治市・城陽市・宇治田原町・井手町→しかし、意見の合意を見ず、2007年８月、合併協議会は解散した
English: Approx. 55% of the population of Kyoto Prefecture reside in Kyoto City where the prefectural government office is located, the highest of all prefectures in Japan except Tokyo-to (formerly Tokyo-fu Prefecture) (* when Tokyo-to is included, it becomes the highest, with two thirds of the population of Tokyo-to residing in its special wards [formerly Tokyo City]).
Japanese: 府庁所在地である京都市への人口集中率が約55%と、東京都（旧東京府）以外の道府県では第一位である（※東京都を含めた場合は、東京都特別区（旧東京市）が第一位で、2/3に当たる）。
English: With Kyoto Prefecture's land shape being long in the north-south direction, the southern inland area (former Yamashiro Province), which is sometimes called a 'mountain ridge' area, and the northern area (former Tanba Province and former Tango Province), which is located facing Japan Sea and was once called Ni Province, are markedly different in their characteristics, causing a pronounced difference between the two regions in various aspects.
Japanese: 京都府は南北に細長く、内陸側に位置し、「山の背」とも表記された南部（旧山城国）と、日本海に面し、丹国（にのくに）と呼ばれた北部（旧丹波国、旧丹後国）との格差が大きく、南部と北部では異なる地域を形成している。
English: The central area: Kyoto City) is within the Kinai region, and is closely related to Otsu City, former Settsu Province (the Hanshin area) and the northern part of Nara City.
Japanese: 中心地：京都市）は畿内に当たり、大津市や旧摂津国（阪神）や奈良県北部との交流が深い。
English: On the other hand, the northern area (including Fukuchiyama City, Maizuru City and Miyazu City), which is sometimes called the Kita Kinki region, is closely related to former Tajima Province (the present northern area of Hyogo Prefecture) and former Wakasa Province (the present Reinan area of Fukui Prefecture), but is not so closely related to Kyoto City, compared with the areas of the two former provinces described above.
Japanese: 一方で、北部（福知山市、舞鶴市、宮津市など）は北近畿とも呼ばれ、旧但馬国（現在の兵庫県北部）や旧若狭国（現在の福井県嶺南地方）との交流が深く、京都市との交流は旧但馬国や嶺南（旧若狭国）に比べると浅い。
English: In the era after WWII when the Japanese economy grew rapidly, the area of former Yamashiro Province, occupying part of the Kinai region, developed quickly, but the northern area, connecting the Hokuriku region and the Sanin region, tended to be ignored, though the area is located in an important position on the Japan Sea side.
Japanese: 第二次世界大戦後の経済成長において、畿内の一角に当たる旧山城国はいち早く発展したのに対して、北陸地方と山陰地方を結ぶ北部は、日本海側の要衝であるにも拘らず軽視される傾向にあった。
English: In recent years, the disparity between the northen and southern areas has been corrected gradually, for examples, through the construction of industrial parks in the former Tanba Province area and that of Maizuru Wakasa Expressway, which connects the Hokuriku region (Tsuruga City) to the Kinai region (Osaka) via Tango (Maizuru City).
Japanese: 近年では、旧丹波国にも工業団地が造成され、畿内（大阪市）から丹後（舞鶴市）を経て北陸（敦賀市）を結ぶ舞鶴若狭自動車道が建設されるなど、南北格差の是正が図られている。
English: In addition, the Nantan area of former Tanba Province, such as Kameoka City, has become closely related to Kyoto City since around 1965, and now it is customary that, when the term of "the south area" is used, Funai-gun and its southern areas are included in it.
Japanese: また、旧丹波国域も1965年頃から亀岡市など南丹地区は京都市との結びつきが強くなり、現在では船井郡以南を南部と指すのが一般的である。
English: Nishi Hongwan-ji Temple (Nishi Hongwan-ji): Kuro-shoin and Denro (two buildings), Shoin (Taimensho (a reception hall) and Shiro-shoin), Karamon (Chinese gate), Hiunkaku Pavilion and Kita Noh-butai Stage
Japanese: 西本願寺（西本願寺）-黒書院及び伝廊（2棟）、書院（対面所及び白書院）、唐門、飛雲閣、北能舞台
English: Of the services of the private TV stations, those of the four major key network stations cover the wide Kinki area.
Japanese: 民放テレビ局のうち、キー局4大ネットワーク系列の放送区域は近畿広域圏に属する。
English: Programs of the following two prefecture-based TV stations are transmitted from the top of Mt. Hiei which is higher than Mt. Ikoma, which causes its coverage area to be relatively wide compared to its limited output transmission power, allowing a wider reception area outside of Kyoto Prefecture.
Japanese: 以下の県域放送2局は生駒山より標高の高い比叡山から送信しており、出力の割に視聴可能区域が広く、京都府外でも広い範囲で受信可能。
English: (The radio-wave power that is transmitted by the KBS Kyoto broadcasting station is spilt-over to Shiga Prefecture, which is permitted, as well as terrestrial digital broadcasting.)
Japanese: （KBS京都テレビの滋賀県へのスピルオーバーは、地上デジタル放送を含め黙認されている。
English: The NHK Kyoto broadcasting station (broadcasts local information about Kyoto Prefecture (NHK general TV from the NHK Osaka station is for Osaka Prefecture, and NHK educational TV is for covering the entire nation).
Japanese: NHK京都放送局（京都府の地域情報等を放送（NHK大阪放送局NHK総合テレビジョンは大阪府域、NHK教育テレビジョンは全国放送扱い））
English: Kyoto Broadcasting System Company Limited (a member station of Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations that comprise the TV stations not belonging to the networks of any key stations)
Japanese: 京都放送（KBS京都）（キー局のネットワークに属さない全国独立UHF放送協議会）
English: TV Osaka programs, which is for the Osaka Prefecture area (whose Kyoto branch office is located at Karasuma-Takeya-cho-kado, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City), can in fact be received directly in the southeast area of Yamashina Ward, Kyoto City, in the almost entire area of former Yamashiro Province, and in some areas of former Tanba Province and former Tango Province (however, the original broadcasting area is limited to the Osaka Prefecture area).
Japanese: ※大阪府域局のテレビ大阪（京都支社→京都市中京区烏丸通竹屋町角）も京都市山科区の東南部と山城国のほぼ全域、丹波国および丹後国の一部地域で直接受信可能（但し、本来の放送放送区域は大阪府地域のみ）。
English: The programs must be received, with the remote controller key ID number seven, from the radiowave broadcasted by the parent Osaka parent station (which is for analog channel 19 and digital channel 18 and is located in the middle of the western slope of Mt. Ikoma) or from that by the Hirakata City station (for analog channel 21 and digital channel 27) (the receiving area of the digital wave is limited compared with that of the analog wave, because of its directivity characteristics).
Japanese: 大阪親局（生駒山西中腹、アナログ19ch・デジタル18ch（リモコンキーID7））または枚方市局（アナログ21cn・デジタル27ch（リモコンキーID7））の受信となる（デジタル波は指向性の関係でアナログ波と比べると受信可能地域が狭くなっている）。
English: Therefore, some areas of Yamanashi Prefecture (such as Otsuki City) and all areas of Tochigi Prefecture and Gunma Prefecture receive different programs from those shown on TV TOKYO, the key television station for the receiving area.
Japanese: このため、栃木県・群馬県両県の全域並びに山梨県郡内地方（大月市など）も受信エリアのキー局・テレビ東京とは異なる。
English: However, TV TOKYO announced that it would expand its broadcasting area of TV Osaka to Kyoto Prefecture and Hyogo Prefecture, attracting attention about future development.
Japanese: だが、テレビ東京がテレビ大阪の京都府および兵庫県への放送対象地域拡大を目指すと表明しており、今後の動向が注目される。
English: The Kyoto broadcasting (KBS Kyoto) (belonging to a national radio-broadcasting network; its broadcasting area covers Shiga Prefecture as well).
Japanese: 京都放送（KBS京都）（全国ラジオネットワーク系列滋賀県も対象地域となっている）
English: In the southern part of the prefecture, a relay station for three private broadcasting stations based in Osaka is placed in Imagumano, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City, but with its output power being small, 300 W, their programs cannot be received comfortably in various places of even the central Kyoto City area.
Japanese: 在阪民放3局は府南部では京都市東山区今熊野に中継局が存在しているが、出力が300wと弱く、京都市内でも受信状態が芳しくない地域が少なくない。
English: The relay stations in the northern part of the prefecture (placed in Fukuchiyama, Maizuru and Miyazu) support only NHK and KBS Kyoto (the one at Miyazu supports only the first channel of NHK-transmitted radiowave), and therefore, in many places of this area, it is difficult to receive the programs of the three private stations based in Osaka.
Japanese: 府北部では中継局（福知山・舞鶴・宮津）がNHKとKBS京都（宮津はNHK第1放送のみ）のみで、これらの地域で在阪民放3局は受信困難な地域が多い。
English: Kyoto Community Broadcasting (located in Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City/NPO Kyoto Community Broadcasting)
Japanese: 京都コミュニティ放送（京都市中京区/特定非営利活動法人京都コミュニティ放送）
English: On the left bank of the Shijo-to-Nishi-Kyogoku-bashi Bridge portion of the river, Someiyoshino cherry trees are lined for a very long distance, and their blossoms in full bloom provide a magnificent view, are favored by citizens as a beauty spot to enjoy cherry blossoms.
Japanese: また、四条～西京極橋の左岸にはソメイヨシノの桜並木が延々と続き、開花シーズンになれば壮麗な眺めになり、桜の名所の一つとして市民に親しまれている。
English: It reaches the east side of the Takamine (鷹峯) plateau after flowing around it, flows mostly southwards after that and then flows through the Kinugasa/Kitano districts of the Kyoto urban area.
Japanese: 鷹峯台地を囲むように東へ出た後は概ね南流、京都市街の衣笠・北野を潤す。
English: It flows through the west side of Kitano Temnan-gu Shrine, and flows southwards in parallel with Nishi-odori Street at about 100-m east of it.
Japanese: 北野天満宮の西方を流れ、しばらくのあいだ西大路通の東側100mあたりを並行して南進する。
English: After merging with Omuro-gawa River, it flows further southwards in parallel with Tenjingwa-dori Street (National Route 162/the Utanokisshoin Line of Kyoto Municipal Route 184) before reaching Nishi-Kyogoku, finally being merged into Katsura-gawa River (Yodo-gawa River system) in Kisshoin Shimonomukai-cho, Minami Ward.
Japanese: 御室川合流から西京極まで天神川通（国道162号・京都市道184号宇多野吉祥院線）と並行してさらに南流し、南区吉祥院下ノ向町で桂川(淀川水系)に注ぐ。
English: Ukyo Ward of Kyoto City, Kita Ward (Kyoto City), Kamigyo Ward, Nakagyo Ward, Ukyo Ward and Minami Ward (Kyoto City)
Japanese: 京都市右京区、北区(京都市)、上京区、中京区、右京区、南区(京都市)
English: It comprises five communities of Kawai-cho, Shimono-cho, Miyano-cho, Nakano-cho and Kamino-cho.
Japanese: 川合町（かわいちょう）・下の町（しものちょう）・宮の町（みやのちょう）・中の町（なかのちょう）・上の町（かみのちょう）の五つの集落から成る。
English: ZIP codes: Since access to the area from the Hanase-toge Pass side is prevented in the winter season, due to the closure of the Kuta Hirogawara Line of Kyoto Prefectural Route 110, the Katata post office in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture, handles the collecting and distributing operations there.
Japanese: 郵便番号は京都府道110号久多広河原線が冬季閉鎖されて花脊峠方面から久多に進入できないという制約のため滋賀県大津市の堅田郵便局が集配を行っている。
English: Therefore: '52' of the initial two digits of the ZIP codes for Shiga Prefecture is used as well for the ZIP code of each "cho" (town) in the Kuta area, and each ZIP code is as follows:
Japanese: そのため久多の各町は滋賀県で使われる郵便番号の上2桁「52」を付して次の通りになっている。
English: 520-0461 (Kawai-cho), 520-0462 (Shimono-cho), 520-0463 (Miyano-cho), 520-0464 (Nakano-cho), and 520-0465 (Kamino-cho.)
Japanese: 520-0461（川合町）・520-0462（下の町）・520-0463（宮の町）・520-0464（中の町）・520-0465(上の町）。
English: The area code is 075, the same as that for Kyoto City, and the local exchange number is 748 (until 1977 when the exchange operation was automated, the area code was seven digits of '0759998,' with no local exchange number.)
Japanese: 市外局番は京都市と同様「075」、市内局番は「748」局になっている(自動化された1977年までは「0759998」という7桁市外局番で市内局番はなかった)。
English: Since no mobile phones by any cell phone company are supported in this area, satellite telephones utilizing INMARSAT, WIDESTAR or amateur radio are the only means of mobile communication.
Japanese: 一般的な携帯電話は各社とも全域にわたり圏外であるため、移動体通信を行いたい場合はインマルサットやワイドスターの衛星電話を使うか、アマチュア無線を使う必要がある。
English: ISDN is usable but no advanced communication services, such as ADSL and FTTH, are available, with no prospect of these services, including a cell-phone network, being provided.
Japanese: ISDNは使用可能だが、ADSLやFTTHといった今日的な通信サービスは一切提供されておらず、携帯電話網も含めて今後整備される見通しは立っていない。
English: Since the area is mountainous, and has an altitude in the range of 800 m to 900 m, it is cool in the summer but very cold in the winter with lots of snow as well.
Japanese: 標高800～900メートルの山間部に位置するため、夏は冷涼な気候であるのに対して冬は寒さが厳しく豪雪でもある。
English: The big Japanese cedar at Kuta: located in Okawa-jinja Shrine, with a height of approx. forty meters and a length of approx. 6.6 meters around the trunk.
Japanese: 久多の大杉大川神社に立つ、樹高約40メートル、幹周約6.6メートルの大木。
English: In the past, the people in the area earned their living by supplying natural wood or by producing charcoal, which is centered on Japanese cedars, but with the amount of imported lumber increasing in the high economic growth period, they have been forced to change their forest-centered industry.
Japanese: 従来は杉を中心とする天然木の供給や炭の生産によって生計を立てていたが、高度経済成長期に外材輸入量が増加したことにより、林業中心の産業形態は変容を迫られた。
English: Growing of sweet potatoes and the processing of wild vegetables has been initiated, with outdoor facilities including camp sites having been constructed.
Japanese: 農作物として甘藷の栽培や山菜加工が開始される一方、キャンプ場などのアウトドア施設が作られた。
English: Route 32 of Kyoto Bus (the Hanase route): Get off at Nomi-guchi and walk for about three hours (approx. eleven kilometers).
Japanese: 京都バス32番花背線の能見口下車、徒歩約3時間（約11キロメートル）。
English: Route 10 of Kyoto Bus (the Hira route): Get off at Katsuragawa Umenoki and walk for about two hours (approx. seven km).
Japanese: 京都バス10番比良線の葛川梅ノ木下車、徒歩約2時間（約7キロメートル）。
English: In the winter, it sometimes happens that traffic is closed between Hirogawara Nomi-cho and Kuta Miyano-cho, depending on the amount of snow accumulated.
Japanese: 冬期は積雪状況によって広河原能見町から久多宮の町の間は通行止めとなる場合がある。
English: In the Kuta area, many traditional events, such as Hanagasa-odori Dance (flower-hat dance), remain, and many of them are designated and registered as cultural assets by the nation or Kyoto City.
Japanese: 久多には花笠踊をはじめとする様々な伝統行事が残っており、国や京都市に文化財として指定・登録されているものも多い。
English: The Hanagasa-odori Dance (flower-hat dance) festival is for praying Shikobuchi-jinja Shrine for a good harvest and being thankful for a good harvest of various grains.
Japanese: 花笠踊（はながさおどり）は志古淵神社への豊作祈願・五穀豊穣の成就に感謝して踊られる祭りである。
English: The dance originates in the Furyu-odori Dance that was played widely in Kyoto in the Muromachi period, and, because local characteristics are explicitly seen in the dance, it was judged to be important and was designated as a selected intangible national cultural asset on August 5, 1972 and as an important intangible national cultural asset on December 15, 1997.
Japanese: 室町時代に京で流行した風流踊の流れを汲み、地域的特色の見られる重要なものとして、1972年8月5日に国の選択無形民族文化財に、1997年（平成9年）12月15日には国の重要無形民族文化財に指定された。
English: The dance was played on August 24 every year, but recently, on the Sunday nearest to August 24.
Japanese: 毎年8月24日に行われていたが、近年は24日の直近の日曜に行われる。
English: A feature of Hanagasa-odori Dance is that elegant lanterns called Hanagasa (flower hat) adorned with artificial flowers are used.
Japanese: 花笠踊の特徴は美しい造花を飾った花笠と呼ばれる風流灯籠を用いることである。
English: Hanagasa are made every year by male adults in the Kuta area, and flowers of around fifty species, such as dahlia, peony, chrysanthemum, rose, morning glory and iris, are made mostly using Japanese paper.
Japanese: 花笠は久多の男衆によって毎年新しく作られ、造花の種類は、ダリア、牡丹、菊、バラ、朝顔、あやめなど約50種類ほどあり、材料は主に和紙を用いる。
English: The Matsuage festival in Miyano-cho is an event to offer fire for Mt. Atago and is called 'Chachanko' in the Kuta area.
Japanese: 宮の町の松上げは愛宕山への献火行事で、久多では「チャチャンコ」と呼ばれる。
English: In the festival, an approx. ten-meter high tower-like thing called Hashira Matsu, made of pine, is constructed, and hand-held torches are thrown targeting the inverse-corn-shaped umbrella attached to the top of Hashira Matsu
Japanese: 松で作られた「柱松」と呼ばれる高さ約10メートルの塔状のものが設置され、その頂上に付けられた逆円錐形の傘めがけ手松明を投げ上げる祭である。
English: In the evening of August 14 every year, six jizoes are built with pebbles and sands of the river-side field of Kuta-gawa River to invite spirits.
Japanese: 毎年8月14日の夕方，久多川に川原の小石と砂で地蔵を六体つくり霊を迎える。
English: In the morning of the next day (August 15), people of the area pay a visit to the jizoes by placing in front of them rice, eggplant, rice dumpling, shikibi (a special tree for Buddhist events), flowers for Bon (a Buddhist event in the summer in which each household invites its ancestors' spirit to the house), sweet stuff and incense sticks, by striking Sho (a kind of percussion) and by repeating the names of thirteen Buddha's.
Japanese: 翌15日朝に米・ナス・ダンゴ・シキビ・盆花・菓子・線香を供え，鉦を鳴らして十三仏念仏を唱えお参りする。
English: Yamashiro Province in Kyoto Prefecture, represents the twelve cities, towns and villages located in the south of Uji City.
Japanese: 山城地区（やましろちく）とは、京都府南部の山城国のうち、宇治市以南にある12市町村を指す。
English: The area core for fixed-line telephones is 0774 except for small areas of Yawata City and Uji City, half of Kumiyama-cho, Kasagi-cho of Soraku-gun and Minami-yamashiro-mura.
Japanese: 固定電話の市外局番が八幡市、宇治市のごく一部、久御山町の半分、相楽郡笠置町、南山城村を除き0774であること。
English: The Kintetsu Kyoto Line, JR Yamato Line/Nara Line/Katamachi Line, Keihan Main line and Keihan Uji Line run through this area.
Japanese: 近鉄京都線、JR大和路線・奈良線・片町線、京阪本線、京阪宇治線の沿線。
English: New towns in Japan, such as Kansai Science City, have been developed in parts of the area, where people live and commute to the central areas of Kyoto City and Osaka City, causing an increase in the population.
Japanese: 一部では関西文化学術研究都市などの日本のニュータウンが開発され、京都市都心や大阪市都心へのベッドタウンとして人口が急増している。
English: Since 1988, KEIJI BY-PASS, the second Keihan road and KEINAWA EXPRESSWAY have opened one after another, improving access to the area by vehicle.
Japanese: 1988年以降は京滋バイパスや第二京阪道路や京奈和自動車道が相次いで開通し、自動車交通のアクセスも改善されつつある。
English: ZIP codes for the Yamashiro area are basically between 610 and 619 (with 601 to 609 in some areas of Uji City).
Japanese: 山城地区の郵便番号は基本的に610番台である（宇治市には601～地域がある）。
English: 072' (the local exchange number is 800 -809 (including 390 -399) for the Kita Kawachi district of Osaka Prefecture)
Japanese: 「072」（市内局番は800番台（390番台を含む）、大阪府北河内地区）
English: Kitano is also famous as the place where the Principal Tea Ceremony was held by Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI in 1587 under the sponsorship of SEN no Rikyu.
Japanese: 1587年には豊臣秀吉によって千利休の主催で大茶会が開かれたことでも知られている。
English: Nantan refers to the southern part of the Tanba area of Kyoto Prefecture, and administratively includes the two cities and one town of Kameoka City, Nantan City and Kyotanba-cho of Funai-gun (former Funai-gun, former Kitakuwada-gun and former Minamikuwada-gun), all of which are located in the central part of Kyoto Prefecture.
Japanese: 南丹（なんたん）とは、京都府の丹波地方南部を指す呼称で、行政区分として京都府中央部の亀岡市、南丹市、船井郡京丹波町の3市町の地域（旧船井郡・旧北桑田郡・旧南桑田郡）をいう。
English: In the past, the area was generally called "Kuchitanba" or "Kuchitan", not Nantan, and even now, there are some people who refer to the area with these terms instead of Nantan.
Japanese: かつては、南丹ではなく口丹波（くちたんば）や口丹（くちたん）と呼ぶのが一般的であり、現在でも使用する人びとは少なくない。
English: Alhough being in the Tanba Province area, Nantan is closely related to Kyoto and Osaka, and, when Osaka District Meteorological Observatory and Kyoto Local Meteorological Observatory use the term of "the south part of Kyoto Prefecture," it refers to the area which includes both Yamashiro Province and Nantan.
Japanese: 丹波国域でありながら京都や大阪との結びつきが強く、大阪管区気象台・京都地方気象台では山城国＋南丹で京都府南部とされる。
English: Yamato Transport Co., Ltd., Nippon Express and Sagawa Express Co., Ltd. use the term of "the south part of Kyoto Prefecture" to indicate the area which includes both Yamashiro Province and Nantan.
Japanese: 物流でも、ヤマト運輸や日本通運や佐川急便の扱いでは山城国＋南丹を京都府南部としている。
English: Much interaction exists between its southern part, which is located along the Katsura-gawa River (Yodo-gawa River system) and its northern part, which is located along the Yura-gawa River, but it cannot be said that the area constitutes a single cultural area, due to the slight differences in dialect which exist between the two regions.
Japanese: 地理的には南部が桂川(淀川水系)流域、北部が由良川流域であり、普段から交流も多い地域であるが、文化圏としては方言など多少の差異もあり、必ずしも単一とはいえない。
English: The term is used not only to indicate an adminimistrative area, but is increasingly used to refer to the names of various facilities and business sites, regardless of whether they are owned publicly or privately.
Japanese: 現在では、行政区分としての用語に留まらず幅広く定着しており、官民問わず地域内の施設、事業所の名称に冠して用いられる事例が増えつつある。
English: On March 12, 2007, this town merged with Kizu-cho and Kamo-cho (Kyoto Prefecture) to become Kizugawa City.
Japanese: 2007年3月12日に木津町・加茂町(京都府)と合併し、木津川市となった。
English: April 1, 1889: The Villages of Tsubai-mura, Kita-Kawara-mura (北河原村) and Shindoji-mura (神童寺村) merged to form Korai-mura corresponding to the enforcement of the town-village system.
Japanese: 1889年（明治22年）4月1日町村制施行により椿井村・北河原村・神童寺村が合併し、高麗村。
English: August 1, 1956: Kamikoma-cho, Korai-mura and Tanakura-mura merged to inaugurate Yamashiro-cho.
Japanese: 1956年（昭和31年）8月1日上狛町、高麗村、棚倉村の1町2村が合併して、山城町が発足。
English: March, 12, 2007: Yamashiro-cho, Kizu-cho and Kamo-cho (Kyoto Prefecture) merged into Kizugawa City.
Japanese: 2007年（平成19年）3月12日木津町・加茂町(京都府)と合併し木津川市となった。
English: It sometimes indicates Oino-saka-toge Pass, which is 230 meters high, located on the north-side slope of this mountain.
Japanese: また、この山の北側山腹にある標高230mの老ノ坂峠（おいのさかとおげ）を指す場合がある。
English: In the past, the pass of Mt. Oe (大枝山) was called 'Oeno-saka Slope' (大江坂), but is now referred to as Oino-saka Slope (老の坂) (Oino-saka-toge Pass (老ノ坂峠)).
Japanese: 大枝山の峠は、昔は「大江坂（おおえのさか）」と呼ばれ、それが変化して老の坂（老ノ坂峠）と呼ばれるようになった。
English: People using the Sanin-do Road from Heian-kyo, passed through Oeno-seki (the Oe gate station) placed on Oeno-saka Slope, located in the boundary between Yamashiro Province and Tanba Province, in order to bid farewell to the capital; therefore, it was known as a place of utamakura (a place name often used in ancient Japanese poems) (even before the capital was moved to Heian-kyo, this route was used for going to Heijo-kyo via Yodo-gawa River).
Japanese: 平安京から山陰道を下る場合、山城国と丹波国の国境にある大江坂に設けられた大江関（おおえのせき）を必ず越えて京と別れを告げることになった事から、古くから歌枕の地として知られていた（平安遷都以前にも淀川経由で平城京に向かう場合の経路とされている）。
English: Due to its strategic location from a transportation and military perspective, it was recorded that, in Jowa-no-hen (Jowa Incident) and in Hogen-no-ran (Hogen Disturbance), many were stationed to prevent suspicious persons from entering or exiting the capital.
Japanese: また、交通・軍事の要所であったことから承和の変や保元の乱などの時には老の坂を軍勢で固めて不審者の京からの出入りを防いだ事が記録されている。
English: It is also known that famous military commanders passed through here: For examples, it is said that MINAMOTO no Yoshitsune, famous for Ichinotani-no-kassen (Battle of Ichinotani), Takauji ASHIKAGA attacking Rokuhara Tandai (an administrative and judicial agency located at Rokuhara, Kyoto) and Mitsuhide AKECHI, famous for Honnoji-no-hen (Honnoji Incident) passed through here on their way to battle.
Japanese: また、著名な武将がここを通過したことで知られ、一の谷の合戦の源義経、六波羅探題攻撃の足利高氏、本能寺の変の明智光秀などは皆ここを通って戦地に向かったとされている。
English: It was recorded that, when Tadatoshi (Joan) NAITO (later a retainer of Yukinaga KONISHI), who was known as a Christian daimyo (Japanese territorial lord) was the lord of a small territory, missionaries, including Luis FROIS, were invited by Tadatoshi and visited Tanba via here.
Japanese: キリシタン大名として知られた内藤忠俊（如安・後に小西行長家臣）が丹波の小領主だった時代、ルイス・フロイスら宣教師が忠俊の招待を受けてここを経由して丹波に入ったとする記録が残されている。
English: This place was designated as one of Shisakai (four boundaries) to prevent unclean influences from outside from entering the Capital of Heian-kyo and to rid the capital of filth generated from within.
Japanese: また、ここは平安京外部の穢れから平安京を防禦し、中で生じた穢れを排除する地として四堺の一つに規定された。
English: For this reason, it was known that thieves ousted from Kyoto lived in the areas around Mt. Oe and it was also believed that demons lived there as well.
Japanese: このため、大枝山周辺は京都から放逐された盗賊の住処として知られ、また鬼が住まう地として信じられていた。
English: Some legends say that 大江山 (Mt. Oe) in the Shuten Doji folk stories (stories about the leader of a group of bandits that roamed the area) indicates in fact this 大枝山 (Mt. Oe), and a kubi-zuka (a mound where a head is buried) where the head of Shuten Doji is said to have been buried still exists on the south side of Oino-saka-toge Pass.
Japanese: 酒呑童子の「大江山」をこの大枝山の事だとする伝説もあり、老ノ坂峠の南側には現在も酒呑童子のものと伝えられる首塚が置かれている。
English: In the past, Kyoto and Kameoka were connected via Oino-saka-toge Pass, but now, the Shin (new)-Oino-saka tunnel (for National Route 9 and for the Kyoto Longitudinal Expressway) was constructed directly under the pass.
Japanese: 以前は老ノ坂峠を経由して京都と亀岡をつないでいたが、現在はその真下に新老ノ坂トンネル（国道9号および京都縦貫自動車道）が掘られている。