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About Kyoto

Kyoto is a city located in the central part of the island, which is the largest in Japan. It has a population about 1.4 million. Formerly Kyoto was the imperial capital of Japan for over 10 hundreds years since 794 A.D. The climate is typical Japanese such as the summer is hot and humid; the winter is cold and dry.
The Kyoto City, because it was built by being developed entirely by urban planning from a long time ago, blocks of nearly exact square on which it now stands as a modern industrial city.
People who live in there says when go to the North "Go up" and to the South "go down".

Sightseeing in Kyoto

Kyoto is putting a lot of effort into sightseeing.
Kyoto had taken the lead in Japanese politics and culture. And having escaped the war devastation of World War II, you'll find many important cultural properties in Kyoto and also many UNESCO World Heritages;

- Kamo another god-of-thunder company (Kamigamo shrine)
- Kamo ancestral god company (Shimogamo Jinja)
- Kyoogokoku-ji (temple)
- Kiyomizu-dera
- Enryakuji(temple)(Otsu)
- Daigo-ji (temple)
- Ninna-ji (temple)
- Byodo-in (Uji)
- Jo Uji shrine
- Kozan-ji (temple)
- Saiho-ji (Koke-dera)
- Tenryu temple
- Rokuon-ji (temple)
- Jisho-ji (temple)
- Ryoan-ji (temple)
- Nishi-Honganji (temple)
- Nijo Castle


Kamo another god-of-thunder company (Kamigamo shrine)

Streets of Kyoto

Kyoto city has preserve regulation to save cultural properties and culture.
i.e. prohibited to built a modern buildings in many area, Sometimes it have to take care of coloring and its looks.
Even McDonalds had to change there color 'cause destroy the looks kind of the streets.


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The most famous Events!
Please, look at before your travel and planning

January
Fude Hajime [2nd-4th]Kitano-tenmangu
Kemari Hajime [3rd] Shimogamo shrine
Toshi-ya [15th] Sanju-sangen-do
February
Setsubun [2nd-25th] Mibu temple
Baika Festival [25th] Kitano-tenmangu
March
Nagashi Bina [3rd] Shimogamo Shrine
April
Miyayo Odori [1st] Gion-kobu-kaburenjo
Mibu Kyogen [21st-29th] Mibu temple
May
Aoi Festival [1st] Kamigamo shrine, Shimogamo shrine
June
Kibune Festival [1st] Kibune shrine
July
Gion Festival [7th] on the corner of Shijo st. and Karasuma st.
August
Daimonji Gozan Okuribi [16th]
September
Seimei shrine Reisai [Autumnal Equinox Day] Seimei shrine
October
Mibu Kyogen [include the 2nd Mon., for 3days] Mibu temple
Era Festival [22nd] Heian Jingu
November
hitakisa [8th] Fushimi Inari Taisha
December
Joya-no Kane [31st] Kurama temple, etc.


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