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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 ...
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.
Nishi Hongan-ji (西本願寺) is a Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist temple in the Shimogyō ward of Kyoto, Japan.It serves as the head temple of the sub-sect Honganji-ha.. It is one of two Jōdo Shinshū temple complexes in Kyoto, the other being Higashi Hongan-ji, which is the head temple of the sub-sect Ōtani-ha.
The area around the station (Shijō Kawaramachi) is one of the commercial centers of Kyoto. The real estate around the station is the most valuable in Kyoto. [citation needed] The Kawaramachi and Shijo streets cross over the underground station. Gion-Shijo Station on the Keihan Main Line is located beyond the Kamo River.
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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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