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Kyoto (京都市, Kyōto-shi) (IPA /kʲoːto ɕi/ listen (help·info), commonly pronounced by English speakers as /ki'əʊtəʊ/) is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.

Trivia about kyoto

  • Japan's imperial capital for over 1,000 years, its name is an anagram of Tokyo
  • The U.S. & E.U. were represented at a December 1997 global warming summit in this Asian city
  • For 1,000 years it was an Asian capital:TOKYO
  • The rebuilt Imperial Palace in this city was home to only 2 emperors; Meiji moved the Imperial Palace to Tokyo
  • After being rebuilt in 1855, the Imperial Palace in this former capital was home to just 2 emperors
  • Representatives from 150 countries met in this Japanese city in 1997 to agree to an accord to reduce greenhouse gases
  • This city, imperial capital of Japan before Tokyo, was spared bombing during WWII
  • This city on Honshu Island was once the capital of Japan, & its name means "capital city"
  • In 794 Emperor Kammu established the Japanese capital in this city that was then called Heian-Kyo
  • For more than 1,000 years, this city served as the seat of Japan's imperial court
  • An anagram of the present-day capital, this city was the capital of Japan from 794 to 1868
  • The Kiyomizu Temple overlooks this former capital city

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