ڪيوتو

ڪيوٽو (انگريزي: Kyoto؛ جاپاني: 京都، ڪيوٽو)، سرڪاري طور تي ڪيوٽو شهر (京都市، ڪيوٽو-شي)،جاپان جي سڀ کان وڏي ۽ سڀ کان وڌيڪ آبادي واري ٻيٽ هونشو جي ڪنسائي علائقي ۾، ڪيوٽو پريفيڪچر جو گاديءَ جو هنڌ آهي. سال 2020ع تائين، شهر جي آبادي 14 لک 60 هزار هئي، جيڪي ان کي جاپان ۾ نائين نمبر تي سڀ کان وڌيڪ آبادي وارو شهر بڻايو. ڪيوٽو پريفيڪچر جي آبادي جو اڌ کان وڌيڪ (%56.8) ڪيوٽو شهر ۾ رهي ٿو. شهر وڏي پيماني تي وڏي ڪيوٽو علائقي، هڪ ميٽروپوليٽن شمارياتي علائقو (MSA) جنهن ۾ مردم شماري جو اندازو 38 لک ماڻهو رهن ٿا، جو ثقافتي مرڪز آهي. اهو اوساڪا ۽ ڪوبي سان گڏ اڃا به وڏي ڪيهانشين ميٽروپوليٽن علائقي جو پڻ حصو آهي.

Kyoto ( or ; Japanese: , Kyōto ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu. , the city had a population of 1.46 million, making it the ninth-most populous city in Japan. More than half (56.8%) of Kyoto Prefecture's population resides in the city. The city is the cultural anchor of the substantially larger Greater Kyoto, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 3.8 million people. It is also part of the even larger Keihanshin metropolitan area, along with Osaka and Kobe.

Kyoto is one of the oldest municipalities in Japan, having been chosen in 794 as the new seat of Japan's imperial court by Emperor Kanmu. The original city, named Heian-kyō, was arranged in accordance with traditional Chinese feng shui following the model of the ancient Chinese capitals of Chang'an and Luoyang. The emperors of Japan ruled from Kyoto in the following eleven centuries until 1869. It was the scene of several key events of the Muromachi period, Sengoku period, and the Boshin War, such as the Ōnin War, the Honnō-ji Incident, the Kinmon incident, and the Battle of Toba–Fushimi. The capital was relocated from Kyoto to Tokyo after the Meiji Restoration. The modern municipality of Kyoto was established in 1889. The city was spared from large-scale destruction during World War II and, as a result, its prewar cultural heritage has mostly been preserved.

Kyoto is considered the cultural capital of Japan and is a major tourist destination. The Agency for Cultural Affairs of the national government is headquartered in the city. It is home to numerous Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines, palaces and gardens, some of which have been designated collectively as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Prominent landmarks include the Kyoto Imperial Palace, Kiyomizu-dera, Kinkaku-ji, Ginkaku-ji, and Kyoto Tower. The internationally renowned video game company Nintendo is based in Kyoto. Kyoto is also a center of higher learning in the country, and its institutions include Kyoto University, the second-oldest university in Japan.

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