Kyōto 7.43

Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Japan

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Kyōto Kyōto is a well known place listed as City in Kyoto-shi ,

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Kyoto is a city located 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 city of Kyoto Prefecture located in the Kansai region, as well as a major part of the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe metropolitan area. Kyoto is also known as the thousand-year capital.NameIn Japanese, the city has been called Kyō, Miyako, or Kyō no Miyako . In the 11th century, the city was renamed Kyoto, after the Chinese word for capital city, ' . After the city of Edo was renamed Tokyo in 1868, and the seat of the Emperor was transferred there, Kyoto was known for a short time as Saikyō''' .Obsolete spellings for the city's name include Kioto, Miaco and Meaco. Another term commonly used to refer to the city in the pre-modern period was Keishi, meaning "metropolis" or "capital".HistoryOriginsAlthough archaeological evidence suggests human settlement in Kyoto began as early as the Paleolithic period, relatively little is known about human activity in the area before the 6th century, around which time the Shimogamo Shrine is believed to have been established.