Kyoto

Kyoto (/ˈkjoʊtoʊ/; Japanese: 京都, Kyōto [kʲoꜜːto] ⓘ) officially Kyoto City (京都市, Kyōto-shi, [kʲoːtoꜜɕi] ⓘ), be de capital city of Kyoto Prefecture insyd de Kansai region of Japan ein largest den most populous island of Honshu. , na de city get population of 1.46 million, wey dey make am de ninth-most populous city insyd Japan. More dan half (56.8%) of Kyoto Prefecture ein population dey reside insyd de city. De city be de cultural anchor of de substantially larger Greater Kyoto, metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 3.8 million people. E sanso be part of de even larger Keihanshin metropolitan area, along plus Osaka den Kobe.

Early modern period

Modern period

Contemporary history
Geography
Terrain
Climate

Administrative divisions
Wards of KyotoPlace nameMap of KyotoRōmajiKanjiPopulationLand area in km2Pop. density per km21Kita-ku117,16594.881,230alt=|border|center|350x350px|Map of Kyoto's wards2Kamigyō-ku83,8327.0311,9003Nakagyō-ku (administrative center)110,4887.4114,9004Shimogyō-ku82,7846.7812,2005Minami-ku101,97015.816,4506Nishikyō-ku149,83759.242,5307Ukyō-ku202,047292.076908Sakyō-ku166,039246.776709Higashiyama-ku36,6027.48 4,89010Yamashina-ku135,10128.70 4,71011Fushimi-ku277,85861.664,510
Cityscape
Kyoto dey contain roughly 2,000 temples den shrines.Scott, David (1996). Exploring Japan. Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc. ISBN 0-679-03011-5 De main business district dey locate to de south of de Kyoto Imperial Palace. Insyd de center of de city, der be several covered shopping arcades dem gbele to pedestrian traffic per, such as Teramachi Street den Shinkyōgoku Street.

Demographics

Government
De city of Kyoto be governed by de mayor of Kyoto den de Kyoto City Assembly, a municipal council.

Kyoto City Assembly
De legislative city assembly get 67 elected members, wey terms be four years for length insyd. As of 2024, de assembly be controlled by a coalition of members dem affiliate plus de Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito, den de Democratic Civic Forum.
Parliamentary group name Number of seats(as of January 18, 2024)Liberal Democratic Party18Japan Innovation Party/Kyoto Party/DPP18Japanese Communist Party14Komeito11Democratic Civic Forum2Independent4

List of mayors
 #  Name  Entered office  Left office 1  Masao Kambe (神戸正雄)  April 7, 1947  January 6, 1950 2  Gizō Takayama (高山義三)  February 10, 1950  February 4, 1966 3  Seiichi Inoue (井上清一)  February 5, 1966  January 8, 1967 4  Kiyoshi Tomii (富井清)  February 28, 1967  February 25, 1971  5  Motoki Funahashi (舩橋求己)  February 26, 1971  July 26, 1981 6  Masahiko Imagawa (今川正彦)  September 1, 1981  August 29, 1989 7  Tomoyuki Tanabe (田邊朋之)  August 30, 1989  January 29, 1996 8  Yorikane Masumoto (桝本頼兼)  February 26, 1996  February 24, 2008 9  Daisaku Kadokawa (門川大作)  February 25, 2008  February 24, 2024 10  Koji Matsui (松井孝治)  February 25, 2024  present

Economy
GDP (PPP) per capita Year  US$1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 
Information technology den electronics be key industries insyd Kyoto. De city be home to de headquarters of Nintendo, Intelligent Systems, SCREEN Holdings, Tose, Hatena, Omron, Kyocera, Shimadzu, Rohm, Horiba, Nidec Corporation, Nichicon, Nissin Electric, den GS Yuasa.

Oda notable businesses headquartered insyd Kyoto include Aiful, Ishida, Nissen Holdings, Gyoza no Ohsho, Sagawa Express, Volks, den Wacoal.

Education
 Primary den secondary education 
As of 1 May 2023, na der be 154 municipal public elementary schools insyd Kyoto, plus total of 55,736 pupils. At de secondary level, na der be 66 municipal public junior high schools plus 27,046 students den 11 municipal public senior high schools plus 5,117 students.

Tertiary education
Home to 40 institutions of higher education, Kyoto be one of de academic centers insyd Japan. Dem dey rank Kyoto University highly among all universities nationwide, plus eight Nobel laureates den two Prime Ministers of Japan among ein alumni. De Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences den de Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, both be part of de university, na dem affiliate plus influential mathematicians den physicists. Private universities such as Doshisha University den Ritsumeikan University sanso dey locate insyd de city.

De Consortium of Universities insyd Kyoto be Kyoto-based higher education network wey dey consist of three national universities, three public (prefectural den municipal) universities, 45 private universities, five oda organizations, den representatives from de city government. De Consortium no dey offer degrees, buh e dey allow students of member universities make dem take courses at oda member universities.

Transportation
Railways
High-speed rail
Conventional lines
Hankyu Railway
Hankyu Arashiyama Line
Hankyu Kyoto Main Line
Keihan Electric Railway
Keihan Main Line
Keihan Ōtō Line
Keihan Keishin Line
Keihan Uji Line
Kintetsu Railway
Kintetsu Kyoto Line
Sagano Scenic Railway
Sagano Scenic Line
West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
Kosei Line
Nara Line
San'in Main Line (Sagano Line)
Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kyoto Line/Biwako Line)

Subways
De Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau dey operate de Kyoto Municipal Subway wey dey consist of two lines: de Karasuma Line den de Tōzai Line. Dem link de two lines for Karasuma Oike Station near Kyoto ein central business district.

Tramways
Eizan Electric Railway (Eiden)
Eizan Kurama Line
Eizan Main Line
Keifuku Electric Railroad (Randen)
Keifuku Arashiyama Main Line
Keifuku Kitano Line

Buses
Roads den waterways
Kyoto get fewer toll-highways dan oda Japanese cities of comparable size. Der be nine national highways insyd de city of Kyoto: Route 1, Route 8, Route 9, Route 24, Route 162, Route 171, Route 367, Route 477, den Route 478.

Culture

De "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto" be listed by de UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Dese dey include de Kamo Shrines (Kami den Shimo), Kyō-ō-Gokokuji (Tō-ji), Kiyomizu-dera, Daigo-ji, Ninna-ji, Saihō-ji (Kokedera), Tenryū-ji, Rokuon-ji (Kinkaku-ji), Jishō-ji (Ginkaku-ji), Ryōan-ji, Hongan-ji, Kōzan-ji, den de Nijō Castle, dem primarily build by de Tokugawa shōguns. Oda sites outsyd de city sanso dey for de list top.

Festivals

 Aoi Matsuri for May 15. 
 Gion Matsuri for July 17
 Bon Festival plus de Gozan no Okuribi, dey light fires for mountains top make dem guide de spirits home (August 16).
 Jidai Matsuri, Festival of de Ages, dey celebrate Kyoto ein illustrious past for October 22 

UNESCO World Heritage Site
De UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji den Otsu Cities) dey include fourteen temples, shrines, den castles insyd Kyoto wey dey date from between de sixth century (Shimogamo Shrine, though extant structures be more recent) den de seventeenth century (Nijō Castle). Na dem designate de sites as World Heritage insyd 1994.

Museums

 Hakusasonso Hashimoto Kansetsu Garden den Museum ()
 Hosomi Museum ()
 Joutenkaku Museum ()
 Kitamura Museum ()
 Koryo Museum of Art ()
 Kyoto Arashiyama Orgel Museum ()
 Kyoto Art Center ()
 Kyoto Botanical Garden ()
 Kyoto City Archaeological Museum ()
 Kyoto City Heiankyo Sosei-Kan Museum ()
 Kyoto International Manga Museum ()
 Kyoto Kaleidoscope Museum ()
 Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art ()
 Kyoto Museum for World Peace ()
 Kyoto Museum of Traditional Crafts ()
 Kyoto National Museum ()
 Kyoto Prefectural Garden of Fine Arts ()
 Kyoto Prefectural Insho-Domoto Museum of Fine Arts ()
 Kyoto Railway Museum ()
 Kyoto University Museum ()
 Museum of Kyoto ()
 Namikawa Cloisonne Museum of Kyoto ()
 National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto ()
 Nomura Art Museum ()
 Onishi Seiwemon Museum ()
 Raku ware Museum ()
 Ryozen Museum of History ()
 Sen-oku Hakuko Kan ()
 Shigureden ()
 Tin Toy Museum ()
 Toei Kyoto Studio Park ()
 Yurinkan Museum ()

Sports
 Club Sport League Venue Established Kyoto Sanga FC Soccer J.League Sanga Stadium by KyoceraTakebishi Stadium Kyoto 1922 SGH Galaxy Stars Softball JD. League Wakasa Stadium Kyoto 1986 Kyoto Hannaryz Basketball B.League Hannaryz Arena 2009 Kyoto Kaguyalyze Table tennis T.League Shimadzu Arena Kyoto 2022

International relations
Sisto cities
De city of Kyoto get sister-city relationships plus de cities wey dey follow:

 Boston, United States (since June 1959)
 Cologne, Germany (since May 1963)
 Florence, Italy (since September 1965)
Guadalajara, Mexico (since October 1980)
Kyiv, Ukraine (since September 1971)
 Prague, Czech Republic (since April 1996)
 Xi'an, China (since May 1974, friendship city)
 Zagreb, Croatia (since October 1981)

Partner cities

  Brussels, Belgium (since April 2006)
  Huế, Vietnam (since February 2013)
  Istanbul, Turkey (since June 2013)
  Jinju, South Korea (since March 1999)
  Konya, Turkey (since December 2009)
  Paris, France (since June 1958)
  Qingdao, China (since August 2012)
  Quebec City, Canada (since May 2016)
  Tainan, Taiwan (since June 2021)
  Varanasi, India (since August 2014)
 Vientiane, Laos (since November 2015)
  Yilan City, Taiwan (since August 2018)

References
Citations

Category:Former capitals of Japan
Category:Environmental model cities
Category:Ancient cities
Category:Kansai region

Bibliography
Fiévé, Nicolas (ed.) (2008) Atlas historique de Kyôto. Analyse spatiale des systèmes de mémoire d'une ville, de son architecture et de ses paysages urbains. Foreword Kôichirô Matsuura, Preface Jacques Gernet, Paris, Éditions de l'UNESCO / Éditions de l'Amateur, 528 pages, 207 maps et 210 ill. ISBN 978-2-85917-486-6.
Fiévé, Nicolas and Waley, Paul. (2003). Japanese Capitals in Historical Perspective: Place, Power and Memory in Kyoto, Edo and Tokyo. London: Routledge. 417 pages + 75 ill. ISBN 978-0-7007-1409-4
Lone, John. (2000). Old Kyoto: A Short Social History. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-590940-2
Ponsonby-Fane, Richard A. B. (1956). Kyoto: The Old Capital of Japan, 794–1869. Kyoto: The Ponsonby Memorial Society.
Ropke, Ian Martin. Historical Dictionary of Osaka and Kyoto. 273pp Scarecrow Press (July 22, 1999). ISBN 978-0810836228.

External links

Kyoto City Official Website (in Japanese)
Kyoto City Official Travel Guide, City of Kyoto and Kyoto City Tourism Association

Category:Populated places dem establish insyd de 8th century
Category:1889 establishments insyd Japan
Category:Holy cities