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# Kyoto

A prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan, with its capital at Kyoto City.

## Overview

Kyoto is a first-level administrative division of [Japan](/en/places/japan.html) in the Kansai region. Its area is about 4,612 km2 and its population about 0.0 million (2024), with its capital at Kyoto.

## History

Capital of Japan from the founding of Heian-kyo in 794 until the move to Tokyo in 1868, about a thousand years. A Kyoto shogunal deputy governed in the Edo period; the present prefecture dates from 1871.

## Geography and industry

World Heritage sites concentrate here: Kiyomizu-dera, Kinkaku-ji, Ginkaku-ji, Fushimi Inari Taisha and Arashiyama, earning it the name 'city of a thousand years'. Nishijin weaving, yuzen dyeing, sake and Gion culture are distinctive.

## Transport

[Tokaido Shinkansen](/en/concepts/jp-shinkansen-tokaido.html) reaches Kyoto in about 2 hours 10 minutes from Tokyo; it is a key stop of the Tokaido Main Line between Osaka and Nagoya.

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- 京都府：https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD%E5%BA%9C 日本語ウィキペディア・公式サイト, 2026-10-28確認