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also a Special Place of Scenic Beauty; component of the World Heritage Site Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) [4] Ryōanji Hōjō Gardens 35°02′04″N 135°43′05″E / 35.03437088°N 135.71816635°E / 35.03437088; 135.71816635 ( Ryōanji Hōjō
The UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) encompasses 17 locations in Japan within the city of Kyoto and its immediate vicinity. In 794, the Japanese imperial family moved the capital to Heian-kyō.
Kyoto: Kyoto City History Museum: 1,018 items: Administrative Documents of Kyoto Prefecture 京都府行政文書 Kyōto-fu gyōsei bunsho: Edo to Shōwa period: Kyoto: Kyoto Prefectural Library and Archives (京都府立総合資料館)
Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) Kyoto, Shiga: 1994 688; ii, iv (cultural) Kyoto served as the capital of Japan from its founding in 794 until the mid-19th century. It was also a cultural centre, crucial for the development of religious and secular architecture, in particular in wood, of the country.
The garden of Tenryū-ji in Kyoto is a designated Special Place of Scenic Beauty. Monuments (記念物, kinenbutsu) include historic locations such as shell mounds, ancient tombs, sites of palaces, sites of forts or castles, monumental dwelling houses and other sites of high historical or scientific value; gardens, bridges, gorges, mountains ...
Japanese Capitals in Historical Perspective: Place, Power and Memory in Kyoto, Edo and Tokyo. RoutledgeCurzon. ISBN 978-0-7007-1409-4. Diane Durston (2005). "History". Old Kyoto: A Guide to Traditional Shops, Restaurants, and Inns. Kodansha International. ISBN 978-4-7700-2994-2. John Dougill (2006). "City of Unification". Kyoto: A Cultural ...
Kyoto City Library of Historical Documents (京都市歴史資料館, Kyōto-shi rekishi shiryōkan) opened in Kyoto, Japan, in 1982. The museum's collection of over ninety thousand items relevant to the history of Kyoto includes materials relating to the Yase Dōji that have been designated an Important Cultural Property .
Kyoto became a city designated by government ordinance on September 1, 1956. In 1994, 17 historic monuments in Kyoto were inscribed on the list as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. In 1997, Kyoto hosted the conference that resulted in the protocol on greenhouse gas emissions (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change).