38-612: The Kizu River ( 木津川 , Kizu-gawa ) is a river that crosses the prefectures of Kyoto and Mie in Japan , a tributary of the Yodo River . The city of Kizugawa in Kyoto prefecture is named after the river. This article related to a river in Japan is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto Prefecture ( Japanese : 京都府 , Hepburn : Kyōto-fu )
76-577: A credible threat to military rule. The failure of the Kenmu Restoration had rendered the court weak and subservient, a situation that Ashikaga Takauji reinforced by establishing his court within close proximity to the Emperor in Kyoto. The authority of the local daimyō greatly expanded from that of Kamakura times. In addition to military and policing responsibilities, the shogunate-appointed shugo now absorbed
114-515: A fourth term in April 2014 with support from the major non-Communist parties against only one JCP -supported challenger. 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. Kyoto's delegation to
152-521: 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. 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
190-585: A state of constant civil war known as the Sengoku period , and was finally dissolved when Shōgun Ashikaga Yoshiaki was overthrown by Oda Nobunaga in 1573. The Ashikaga shogunate's alternative name Muromachi and the Muromachi period are derived from the Muromachi district of Kyoto, where the third Shōgun , Ashikaga Yoshimitsu , established his residence nicknamed the "Flower Palace" ( 花の御所 , Hana no Gosho ) on Muromachi Street in 1379. From 1180 to 1185,
228-452: Is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu . Kyoto Prefecture has a population of 2,561,358 (as of October 2021 ) and has a geographic area of 4,612 square kilometres (1,781 sq mi ). Kyoto Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the northeast, Shiga Prefecture to the east, Mie Prefecture to the southeast, Nara Prefecture and Osaka Prefecture to
266-464: Is almost in the center of Honshu and of Japan. It covers an area of 4,612.19 square kilometres (1,780.78 sq mi), 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
304-408: Is centered on the historic Imperial capital of Kyoto, and is one of Japan's two " prefectures " using the designation fu rather than the standard ken for prefectures. Kyoto has made Kyoto Prefecture one of the most popular tourism destinations in Japan for national and international tourists, and 21% of the prefecture's land area was designated as Natural Parks . Kyoto Prefecture forms part of
342-573: Is located in the southwest. These are the towns and villages in each district : According to Agency for Cultural Affairs research in 2020, over 60% believe in Shinto and Buddhism . The current governor of Kyoto is Takatoshi Nishiwaki , a former vice minister of the Reconstruction Agency . He has been elected in April 2018. The previous governor of Kyoto is former Home Affairs Ministry bureaucrat Keiji Yamada . He has been reelected to
380-689: Is separated in the middle by the Tanba Mountains. This makes its climate very different in the north and south. As of April 2016, 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. Fifteen cities are located in Kyoto Prefecture: Kansai Science City
418-408: Is the weeping cherry . The Kitayama Sugi is the official tree, and the streaked shearwater the bird that symbolizes the prefecture. 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
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#1732844244450456-467: 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
494-671: The Genpei War was fought between the Taira and Minamoto clans, which had a longstanding violent rivalry for influence over the Emperor of Japan and his Imperial Court . The Genpei War ended with victory for the Minamoto under Minamoto no Yoritomo , establishing the Kamakura shogunate after being pronounced Shōgun and beginning the Kamakura period . The Hōjō clan rose to power and governed Japan from
532-570: The Keihanshin metropolitan area, the second-most-populated region in Japan after the Greater Tokyo area and one of the world's most productive regions by GDP . Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Kyoto Prefecture was known as Yamashiro . 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,
570-573: The Kenmu Restoration . The Kamakura shogunate ordered Ashikaga Takauji to squash the uprising, but for reasons that are unclear, Takauji turned against Kamakura and fought on behalf of the Imperial court, successfully overthrowing the shogunate. It is possibly because Takauji was the unofficial leader of the powerless Minamoto clan while the Hōjō clan were from the Taira clan the Minamoto had previously defeated. Japan
608-522: The Korean Peninsula and with imperial China. Bloody succession crises amongst the warrior families led to a decline in the authority of the bakufu until it almost vanished by 1441 at the death of Ashikaga Yoshinori . The lack of government control was especially acute when the daimyō feuded among themselves in the pursuit of power during the Ōnin War (1467–1477), until it erupted into open warfare in
646-476: The Muromachi shogunate ( 室町幕府 , Muromachi bakufu ) , was the feudal military government of Japan during the Muromachi period from 1336 to 1573. The Ashikaga shogunate was established when Ashikaga Takauji was appointed Shōgun after overthrowing the Kenmu Restoration shortly after it had overthrown the Kamakura shogunate in support of Emperor Go-Daigo . The Ashikaga clan governed Japan from
684-550: 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 2019, 2021 and 2022, the prefecture is represented by two Liberal Democrats, two Constitutional Democrats, a FEFA member, and a independent in the lower house, and two Liberal Democrats, one Democrat and one Communist in the upper house. The prefectural flower of Kyoto
722-578: 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 . 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,
760-551: 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. Kyoto Prefecture has sister relationships with these places: These relationships are distinct from those of cities in Kyoto Prefecture with other cities. Ashikaga shogunate The Ashikaga shogunate ( 足利幕府 , Ashikaga bakufu ) , also known as
798-764: The Imperial capital of Heian-kyō ( Kyoto ) as de facto military dictators along with the daimyō lords of the samurai class. The Ashikaga shogunate began the Nanboku-chō period between the Pro-Ashikaga Northern Court in Kyoto and the Pro-Go-Daigo Southern Court in Yoshino until the South conceded to the North in 1392. The Ashikaga shogunate collapsed upon outbreak of the Ōnin War in 1467, entering
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#1732844244450836-576: The Kitsuregawa domain. The shogunal residence, also known as the "Flower Palace", was in Kyoto on the block now bounded by Karasuma Street (to the east), Imadegawa Street (to the south), Muromachi Street (to the west, giving the name), and Kamidachiuri Street (to the north). The location is commemorated by a stone marker at the southwest corner, and the Kanbai-kan ( 寒梅館 , Winter Plum Hall) of Dōshisha University contains relics and excavations of
874-509: The Southern Court gave up during the reign of Shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu in 1392. The Ashikaga shogunate was the weakest of the three Japanese military governments. Unlike its predecessor, the Kamakura shogunate , or its successor, the Tokugawa shogunate , when Ashikaga Takauji established his government he had little personal territory with which to support his rule. The Ashikaga shogunate
912-479: The capital of politics and economy and Kyoto as the capital of culture. See Culture of Japan . The sports teams listed below are based in Kyoto. 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
950-432: 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
988-531: The city of Kamakura , while the Emperor and his Imperial Court remained in the official capital city of Heian-kyō as largely symbolic figures. The Hōjō monopoly of power, as well as the lack of a reward of lands after the defeat of the Mongol invasions , led to simmering resentment among Hōjō vassals . In 1333, the Emperor Go-Daigo ordered local governing vassals to oppose Hōjō rule, in favor of Imperial rule in
1026-403: 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
1064-461: The judicial, economic, and taxation powers of the local Imperial governors, while the government holdings in each province were rapidly absorbed into the personal holdings of the daimyō or their vassals. The loss of both political clout and an economic base deprived the Imperial court of much of its power, which were then assumed by the Ashikaga shōgun . This situation reached its peak under the rule of
1102-399: The late Muromachi period, also known as the Sengoku period . When the shōgun Ashikaga Yoshiteru was assassinated in 1565, an ambitious daimyō , Oda Nobunaga , seized the opportunity and installed Yoshiteru's brother Ashikaga Yoshiaki as the 15th Ashikaga shōgun and Nobunaga's puppet . However Yoshiaki was not entirely subservient to Nobunaga: he continued to strike bargains amongst
1140-510: The monasteries to gain favor, and mediated between powerful clans such as the Otomo and Mori . The Ashikaga shogunate was finally destroyed in 1573 when Nobunaga drove Yoshiaki out of Kyoto. Initially, Yoshiaki fled to Shikoku . Afterwards, he sought and received protection from the Mōri clan in western Japan. The Ashikaga family survived the 16th century, and a branch of it became the daimyō family of
1178-465: 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. During the occupation, the U.S. Sixth Army and I Corps were headquartered in Kyoto. Kyoto Prefecture
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1216-453: The prefecture. As of October 2021, the minimum wage in the prefecture was ¥ 937 per hour. Kyoto has been, and still remains, Japan's cultural center. 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
1254-480: The south, and Hyōgo Prefecture to the west. Kyoto , the capital and largest city, accommodates 57% of the prefecture's total population, with other major cities including Uji , Kameoka , and Maizuru . Kyoto Prefecture is located on the Sea of Japan coast and extends to the southeast towards the Kii Peninsula , covering territory of the former provinces of Yamashiro , Tamba , and Tango . Kyoto Prefecture
1292-631: The subject of how to govern the country. That dispute led Takauji to cause Prince Yutahito, the second son of Emperor Go-Fushimi , to be installed as Emperor Kōmyō while Go-Daigō fled Kyoto. Japan was subsequently divided between two Imperial courts: the Northern Court located in Kyoto, in favor of Kōmyō under Ashikaga influence; and the Southern Court located in Yoshino , in favor of Go-Daigō. The Northern and Southern courts engaged in an ideological struggle for power that continued for 56 years, until
1330-785: The technology of Kyoto's traditional industries with new ideas. 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. 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
1368-454: The third shōgun , Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. After Yoshimitsu however, the structural weakness of the Ashikaga shogunate was exposed by numerous succession troubles and early deaths. This became dramatically more acute after the Ōnin War , after which the shogunate itself became reduced to little more than a local political force in Kyoto. The Ashikaga shogunate's foreign relations policy choices were played out in evolving contacts with Joseon on
1406-511: Was returned to Imperial civilian rule , but Emperor Go-Daigo's policies were unpopular and failed to satisfy those who had fought for him. In 1336, Takauji established his own military government in Kyoto, effectively overthrowing the Kenmu Restoration and appointing himself as the new Shōgun . After Ashikaga Takauji established himself as the Shōgun , a dispute arose with Emperor Go-Daigo on
1444-458: Was thus heavily reliant on the prestige and personal authority of its shōgun . The centralized master-vassal system used in the Kamakura system was replaced with the highly de-centralized daimyōs (local lord) system, and because of the lack of direct territories, the military power of the shōgun depended heavily on the loyalty of the daimyō . On the other hand, the Imperial court was no longer
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