Kyoto Prefecture
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Script error: No such module "Nihongo". is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu.[1]Template:Rp It has a population of 2.58 million and has a geographic area of Script error: No such module "convert".. It borders Fukui Prefecture to the northeast, Shiga Prefecture to the east, Mie Prefecture to the southeast, Nara Prefecture and Osaka Prefecture to the south, and Hyōgo Prefecture to the west.
Kyoto, the capital and largest city, hosts 57% of the prefecture's total population. Other major cities includes Kameoka, Maizuru, and Uji.[1]Template:Rp The prefecture is located on the Sea of Japan's coast and extends to the southeast towards the Kii Peninsula, covering territory of the former provinces of Tamba, Tango, and Yamashiro. It is centered on the historic capital of Kyoto, and is one of two prefectures in Japan (with Osaka) using the designation fu rather than the standard ken. Kyoto has made Kyoto Prefecture one of the most popular tourism destinations in Japan, and 21% of the prefecture's land area is designated as Natural Parks. The prefecture forms part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area, which is the second most populated region in Japan after the Greater Tokyo area and one of the world's most productive regions by GDP.
History
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Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Kyoto Prefecture was known as Yamashiro.[1]Template:Rp
For most of its history, the city of Kyoto was Japan's Imperial capital. The city's history can be traced back as far as the 6th century. In 544, the Aoi Matsuri was held in Kyoto to pray for good harvest and good weather.
Kyoto did not start out as Japan's capital. A noteworthy earlier capital was Nara. In 741, Emperor Shōmu moved the capital briefly to Kuni-kyo, between the cities of Nara and Kyoto, in present-day Kyoto Prefecture. In 784, the capital was moved to Nagaokakyō, also in present-day Kyoto Prefecture. In 794, Emperor Kanmu moved the capital to Heian-kyō, and this was the beginning of the current-day city of Kyoto. Even today, almost all of the streets, houses, stores, temples and shrines in Kyoto exist where they were placed in this year.
Although in 1192 real political power shifted to Kamakura, where a samurai clan established the shogunate, Kyoto remained the imperial capital as the powerless emperors and their court continued to be seated in the city. Imperial rule was briefly restored in 1333, but another samurai clan established a new shogunate in Kyoto three years later.
In 1467, a great civil war, the Ōnin War, took place inside Kyoto, and most of the town was burned down. Japan plunged into the age of warring feudal lords. A new strong man, Tokugawa Ieyasu, established the shogunate at Edo (today's Tokyo) in 1603.
In the 15th century AD, tea-jars were brought by the shōguns to Uji in Kyoto from the Philippines which was used in the Japanese tea ceremony.[2]
The Meiji Restoration returned Japan to imperial rule in 1868. Emperor Meiji, who was now the absolute sovereign, went to stay in Tokyo during the next year. The imperial court has not returned to Kyoto since then. During the instigation of Fuhanken Sanchisei in 1868, the prefecture received its suffix fu. The subsequent reorganization of the old provincial system merged the former Tango Province, Yamashiro Province and the eastern part of Tanba Province into today's Kyoto Prefecture.
Although many Japanese major cities were heavily bombed during World War II, the old capital escaped such devastation.[3] During the occupation, the U.S. Sixth Army and I Corps were headquartered in Kyoto.[4][5]
Geography
Kyoto Prefecture is almost in the center of Honshu and of Japan. It covers an area of Script error: No such module "convert"., which is 1.2% of Japan. Kyoto is the 31st largest prefecture by size. To the north, it faces the Sea of Japan and Fukui Prefecture. To the south, it faces Osaka and Nara Prefectures. To the east, it faces Mie and Shiga Prefectures. To its west is Hyōgo Prefecture. The prefecture is separated in the middle by the Tanba Mountains. This makes its climate very different in the north and south.
since April 2016,[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 21% of the prefecture's land area was designated as Natural Parks, namely Sanin Kaigan National Park; Biwako, Kyoto Tamba Kogen, Tango-Amanohashidate-Ōeyama and Wakasa Wan Quasi-National Parks; and Hozukyō, Kasagiyama, and Rurikei Prefectural Natural Parks.[6]
Municipalities
- Cities
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| Flag, name w/o suffix | Full name | Area (km2) |
Population | Map | ||
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| File:Flag of Ayabe, Kyoto.svg Ayabe | 綾部市 | Ayabe-shi | Ayabe City | 347.10 | 31,846 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Fukuchiyama, Kyoto.svg Fukuchiyama | 福知山市 | Fukuchiyama-shi | Fukuchiyama City | 552.54 | 77,306 | 2 |
| File:Flag of Joyo, Kyoto.svg Jōyō | 城陽市 | Jōyō-shi | Jōyō City | 32.71 | 74,607 | 3 |
| File:Flag of Kameoka, Kyoto.svg Kameoka | 亀岡市 | Kameoka-shi | Kameoka City | 224.80 | 86,174 | 4 |
| File:Flag of Kizugawa, Kyoto.svg Kizugawa | 木津川市 | Kizugawa-shi | Kizugawa City | 85.13 | 77,907 | 5 |
| File:Flag of Kyōtanabe, Kyoto.svg Kyōtanabe | 京田辺市 | Kyōtanabe-shi | Kyōtanabe City | 42.92 | 73,753 | 6 |
| File:Flag of Kyōtango, Kyoto.svg Kyōtango | 京丹後市 | Kyōtango-shi | Kyōtango City | 501.44 | 50,860 | 7 |
| File:Flag of Kyoto City.svg Kyoto (capital) | 京都市 | Kyōto-shi | Kyoto City | 827.83 | 1,463,723 | 8 |
| File:Flag of Maizuru, Kyoto.svg Maizuru | 舞鶴市 | Maizuru-shi | Maizuru City | 342.13 | 80,336 | 9 |
| File:Flag of Miyazu, Kyoto.svg Miyazu | 宮津市 | Miyazu-shi | Miyazu City | 172.74 | 16,758 | 10 |
| File:Flag of Mukō, Kyoto.svg Mukō | 向日市 | Mukō-shi | Mukō City | 7.72 | 56,859 | 11 |
| File:Flag of Nagaokakyo, Kyoto.svg Nagaokakyō | 長岡京市 | Nagaokakyō-shi | Nagaokakyō City | 19.17 | 80,608 | 12 |
| File:Flag of Nantan, Kyoto.svg Nantan | 南丹市 | Nantan-shi | Nantan City | 616.40 | 31,629 | 13 |
| File:Flag of Uji, Kyoto.svg Uji | 宇治市 | Uji-shi | Uji City | 67.54 | 179,630 | 14 |
| File:Flag of Yawata, Kyoto.svg Yawata | 八幡市 | Yawata-shi | Yawata City | 24.35 | 70,433 | 15 |
Kansai Science City is located in the southwest.
- Towns and villages
These are the towns and villages in each district:
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Mergers
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Demographics
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Religion
According to Agency for Cultural Affairs research in 2020, over 60% believe in Shinto and Buddhism.[8]
Politics
The current governor of Kyoto is Takatoshi Nishiwaki, a former vice minister of the Reconstruction Agency. He has been elected in April 2018.[9]
The previous governor of Kyoto is former Home Affairs Ministry bureaucrat Keiji Yamada. He has been reelected to a fourth term in April 2014 with support from the major non-Communist parties against only one JCP-supported challenger.[10][11][12]
The prefectural assembly has 60 members from 25 electoral districts and is still elected in unified local elections (last round: 2019). As of September 2020, it was composed as follows: Liberal Democratic Party 30, Japanese Communist Party 12, Democratic Party 11, Kōmeitō 5, Japan Restoration Party 2.[13]
National representatives
Kyoto's delegation to the National Diet consists of six members of the House of Representatives and four members (two per election) of the House of Councillors. After the national elections of 2022, 2024 and 2025, the prefecture is represented by two LDPs, two CDPs, a Ishin, and an independent in the lower house, and two LDPs, one CDP and one Ishin in the upper house.
Representatives (lower house)
| Constituency | Name | Party | |
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| Kyoto 1st | Yasushi Katsume | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | LDP |
| Kyoto 2nd | Seiji Maehara | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Ishin |
| Kyoto 3rd | Kenta Izumi | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | CDP |
| Kyoto 4th | Keiro Kitagami | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent |
| Kyoto 5th | Taro Honda | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | LDP |
| Kyoto 6th | Kazunori Yamanoi | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | CDP |
Councillors (upper house)
| Class | Name | Party | |
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| 2022 | Akira Yoshii | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | LDP |
| Tetsuro Fukuyama | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | CDP | |
| 2025 | Shohei Niimi | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Ishin |
| Shoji Nishida | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | LDP | |
Prefectural symbols
The prefectural flower of Kyoto is the weeping cherry. The Kitayama Sugi is the official tree, and the streaked shearwater the bird that symbolizes the prefecture.
Defense facilities
On 1 August 2013, prefectural and municipal authorities gave consent for a USFJ missile monitoring station to be set up in the city of Kyōtango. It will be co-located with a JASDF facility already based in the city. At least initially, its primary sensor will be a mobile X-band radar used to gather data on ballistic missile launches which will then be relayed by the station to warships equipped with Aegis air defense systems and to ground-based interceptor missile sites. A hundred and sixty personnel will be based at the station.[14]
Economy
| Year | US$ |
|---|---|
| 1975 | 4,746 |
| 1980 | 8,375 |
| 1985 | 12,799 |
| 1990 | 18,128 |
| 1995 | 21,190 |
| 2000 | 24,692 |
| 2005 | 29,256 |
| 2010 | 33,058 |
| 2015 | 38,567 |
Kyoto prefecture's economy is supported by industries that create value that is unique to Kyoto, such as the tourism and traditional industries supported by 1,200 years of history and culture, as well as high-technology industries that combine the technology of Kyoto's traditional industries with new ideas.[17]
Northern Kyoto on the Tango Peninsula has fishing and water transportation, and midland Kyoto has agriculture and forestry. The prefecture produces 13% of the domestic sake and green tea. Japan's largest vertical farm is located in the prefecture.[18]
The Kyoto-based manufacturing industry holds shares of Japan's high-technology product markets and others. As of 2021, eight Forbes Global 2000 companies were located in Kyoto prefecture: Nintendo, Nidec, Kyocera, Murata Manufacturing, Omron, Rohm, Bank of Kyoto, SCREEN Holdings. Takara Holdings, GS Yuasa, Mitsubishi Logisnext, Maxell, and Kyoto Animation are also based in the prefecture.
since October 2021,[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". the minimum wage in the prefecture was Template:JPY per hour.[19]
Education
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Colleges and universities
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- Bukkyo University
- Doshisha University
- Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts
- Doshisha Women's Junior College
- Hanazono University
- Heian Jogakuin University
- Ikenobo College
- Kacho College
- Kyoto Bunkyo University
- Kyoto Bunkyo Junior College
- Kyoto City University of Arts
- Kyoto College of Economics
- Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics
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- Kyoto Institute of Technology
- Kyoto Junior College of Foreign Languages
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- Kyoto Koka Women's University
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- Kyoto Notre Dame University
- Kyoto Pharmaceutical University
- Kyoto Prefectural University
- Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
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- Kyoto Saga University of Arts
- Kyoto Sangyo University
- Kyoto Seika University
- Kyoto Seizan College
- Kyoto Tachibana University
- Kyoto University
- Kyoto University of Advanced Science
- Kyoto University of the Arts
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- Kyoto University of Education
- Kyoto University of Foreign Studies
- Kyoto Women's University
- Meiji University of Integrative Medicine
- Ōtani University
- Otani University Junior College
- Ritsumeikan University
- Ryukoku University
- Ryukoku University Faculty of Junior College
- Shuchiin University
- Temple University, Japan Campus Kyoto
- University of Fukuchiyama
Transportation
Railways
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City tram
Seaports
- Maizuru Port - Mainly international container terminal and ferry route to Hokkaido (Otaru and Tomakomai).
Roads
Expressways
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National highways
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- Route 1 (Route 8)
- Route 9 (Kyoto-Fukuchiyama-Tottori-Yonago-Izumo-Hamada-Yamaguchi)
- Route 24 (Kyoto-Nara-Kashihara-Hashimoto-Wakayama)
- Route 27 (Tanba-Maizuru-Tsuruga)
- Route 162
- Route 163
- Route 171 (Kyoto-Takatsuki-Minoo-Itami-Nishinomiya)
- Route 173
- Route 175 (Akashi-Nishiwaki-Fukuchiyama-Maizuru)
- Route 176 (Osaka-Sanda-Sasayama-Fukuchiyama-Miyazu)
- Route 178
- Route 307
- Route 312
- Route 372 (Kameoka-Sasayama-Kasai-Himeji)
- Route 423
- Route 426
- Route 429
- Route 477
- Route 478
Culture
Kyoto has been, and still remains, Japan's cultural center.[20][21] For over 1000 years it was Japan's capital. When the capital was changed to Tokyo, Kyoto remained Japan's cultural capital. The local government proposes a plan to move the Agency for Cultural Affairs to Kyoto and to regard Tokyo as the capital of politics and economy and Kyoto as the capital of culture.[22] See Culture of Japan.
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Togetsu Bridge in Arashiyama
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Rokkaku-dō, where a school of the Japanese flower arrangement originated from.
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Sports
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- Football (soccer)
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- Kyoto Sanga F.C. (J1 League)
- Ococias Kyoto AC (Kansai Soccer League)
- AS. Laranja Kyoto (Kansai Soccer League)
- Basketball
- Rugby
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- Mitsubishi Motors Kyoto Red Evolutions (Top West)
- Shimadzu Breakers (Top West)
- Unitika Phoenix (Top West)
Tourism
Kyoto City is one of the most popular tourist spots in Japan, and many people from far and wide visit there. Along with Tokyo, Kyoto is a favorite location for the graduation trip of Junior High and High schools.
Some of the festivals held in Kyoto are Aoi Matsuri from 544, Gion Matsuri from 869, Ine Matsuri from the Edo-era, Daimonji Gozan Okuribi from 1662, and Jidai Matsuri from 1895. Every shrine and temple holds some sort of event, and many of them are open for public viewing.
International relations
Kyoto Prefecture has sister relationships with these places:[23]
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- Template:Flagicon Tuscany, Italy
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- Template:Flagicon Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia[27]
These relationships are distinct from those of cities in Kyoto Prefecture with other cities.
References
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- ↑ Yomiuri Shimbun, 6 April 2014: 京都府知事選、現職の山田啓二氏が4選
- ↑ The Japan Times, 7 April 2014: Kyoto re-elects Yamada to top post
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External links
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- Official Kyoto Prefecture website
- Kyoto Prefectural International Center
- Kyoto Prefecture Tourism Guide
- Kyoto Visitors Guide
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