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TextFree (formerly called Pinger and sometimes stylized as textfree) is a mobile application and web service that allows users to send and receive text messages, as well as make and receive VoIP phone calls, for free over the internet. The service costs nothing because it is supported by ads, but users have the option of paying for an ad-free ...
Misono in Kobe—the first restaurant to offer teppanyaki A teppanyaki chef cooking at a gas-powered teppan in a Japanese steakhouse Chef preparing a flaming onion volcano Teppanyaki ( 鉄板焼き , teppan-yaki ) , often called hibachi ( 火鉢 , "fire bowl") in the United States and Canada, [ 1 ] is a post-World War II style [ 2 ] of Japanese ...
Kyoto Tower is a landmark in Shimogyō-ku. Shimogyō-ku (下京区) is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.First established in 1879, it has been merged and split, and took on its present boundaries in 1955, with the establishment of a separate Minami-ku.
Minami-ku has few notable areas of tourist interest compared to other parts of Kyoto. A notable exception is the To-ji Temple. The Minami-ku ward office is located on Route 1, near its intersection with Kujō Street. The Kyoto City Disaster Prevention Center is also in Minami-ku, near the intersection of Route 1 and Jujō Street. [3]
Many of the locations central to the development of 15th-century Japanese culture known as Higashiyama Bunka are found here or in Sakyō-ku. Both the entertainment district of Gion in front of Yasaka Shrine , and the area around the stone-paved roads Ninenzaka and Sannenzaka that lead up to the World Heritage Kiyomizu Temple , enjoy protected ...
Kyoto Electric Railway (1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow gauge) opened in 1895 as the first electric streetcar in Japan in commercial operation. [1] The city government launched separate network of streetcars of 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) standard gauge in 1912, which absorbed the lines of Kyoto Electric Railway in 1918.
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.
Iwashimizu Hachiman-gū Confluence of Kizu and Yodo Rivers. Yawata (八幡市, Yawata-shi) is a city located in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.As of 31 July 2023, the city has an estimated population of 69,306 in 33972 households and a population density of 2800 persons per km 2. [1]