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Kyoto Tower and Kyoto Station are major landmarks in Shimogyō-ku. Shijō Street on the northern edge of the area, especially around the Shijō Kawaramachi intersection, is the busiest shopping district in the city. Kyoto Station has an extensive shopping center, including a department store in the station building, and the underground Porta mall.
Wards of Kyoto Name Japanese Established Code [1] Fushimi-ku: 伏見区: 1931 (by merger of surrounding municipalities) 261092 Higashiyama-ku: 東山区: 1921 (divided from Kamigyō) 261050 Kamigyō-ku: 上京区: 1879 (one of original two wards) 261025 Kita-ku: 北区: 1955 (divided from Kamigyō) 261017 Minami-ku: 南区: 1955 (divided from ...
Kyōto Station (京都駅, Kyōto-eki) is a major railway station and transportation hub in Kyōto, Japan.It has Japan's second-largest station building (after Nagoya Station) and is one of the country's largest buildings, incorporating a shopping mall, hotel, movie theater, Isetan department store, and several local government facilities under one 15-story roof.
A ward (区, ku) is a subdivision of the cities of Japan that are large enough to have been designated by government ordinance. [1] Wards are used to subdivide each city designated by government ordinance ("designated city").
Kamigyō-ku (上京区, かみぎょうく) is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The ward was a district of residences for the royalty , aristocrats , and upper classes in the old capital of Japanー Heian-ky ō . [ 1 ]
The term Kamo-jinja in Japanese is a general reference to Shimogamo Shrine and Kamigamo Shrine, the traditionally linked Kamo shrines of Kyoto; [2] Shimogamo is the older of the pair, being believed to be 100 years older than Kamigamo, and dating to the 6th century, centuries before Kyoto became the capital of Japan (794, see Heian-kyō). The ...
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People from Kyoto by ward (10 C) Pages in category "Wards of Kyoto" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.