postgres Kyoto · Versions A prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan, with its capital at Kyoto City. /en/places/jp-pref-kyoto/versions.html place_japan_pref_kyoto place Kyoto jp-pref-kyoto A prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan, with its capital at Kyoto City. published category-geography category-history tag-admin-division ja-wiki 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 2026-10-28T00:00:00+08:00 2026-10-28T00:00:00+08:00 user:admin 6 ## Overview Kyoto is a first-level administrative division of [[place_japan_country|Japan]] 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 [[concept_japan_shinkansen_tokaido|Tokaido Shinkansen]] reaches Kyoto in about 2 hours 10 minutes from Tokyo; it is a key stop of the Tokaido Main Line between Osaka and Nagoya. /places/jp-pref-kyoto.html en zh de en fr ja 県 35.0211 135.7556 日本・京都府 6 2026-10-28T00:00:00+08:00 当前版本 true /en/places/jp-pref-kyoto/at/6.html en zh de en fr ja place_kind 県 admin_area 日本・京都府 coordinates 35.02110, 135.75560 1 50 1 1