Japan
Kyoto

Kyoto is a city in the central part of the island of Honshu, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan for more than one thousand years, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe metropolitan area. With temples, parks, bustling business districts, markets, from regal estates to the tightly-packed neighborhoods, Kyoto is one of the oldest and most famous Asian metropolises. In Japanese, the city has been called Kyo, Miyako or Kyo no Miyako. In the 11th century, the city was renamed Kyoto ("capital city"), after the Chinese word for capital city. After Edo was renamed Tokyo ("Eastern Capital") in 1868, Kyoto was known for a short time as Saikyo ("Western Capital").


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