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Kyoto is most well known in the western world for being the city in which the [[Kyoto Protocol]] was drafted. | Kyoto is most well known in the western world for being the city in which the [[Kyoto Protocol]] was drafted. | ||
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[[Image:Kyoto Celebrates a 1000 Year Love Affair.jpg|thumb|A purification ceremony with period costumes at the Jonengu shrine.]] | [[Image:Kyoto Celebrates a 1000 Year Love Affair.jpg|thumb|A purification ceremony with period costumes at the Jonengu shrine.]] | ||
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*Ginkaku-Ji, the temple of modesty<br/> | *Ginkaku-Ji, the temple of modesty<br/> | ||
*Kamigamo JInja, the shrine of lightning [http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2158.html] | *Kamigamo JInja, the shrine of lightning [http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2158.html] | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
*[[Ise]] | *[[Ise]] | ||
Revision as of 19:31, January 4, 2009
Kyoto is a city in the island of Honshu, in Japan; an ancient imperial capital. Kyoto has 1.6 million inhabitants, and important Japanese cultural assets (Architecture, gardens, palaces and Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines). Kyoto is part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.
- Capital of Japan from 794 until the 1868 "Meiji Restoration", this city is cupped in a ring of mountains and cut through by rivers. It is home of several UNESCO World Heritage sites. [1] The UNESCO World Heritage Site encompasses several locations in Japan (Kyoto, Otsu, Uji and Nikko Cities, and Shiretoko, in northeastern Hokkaido).
Kyoto is most well known in the western world for being the city in which the Kyoto Protocol was drafted.
Important places
- Kiomizudera, a famouse 40-foot platform
- Ryuan-Ji, the Temple of the famous rock garden
- Kinkaku-Ji the temple of Gold
- Ginkaku-Ji, the temple of modesty
- Kamigamo JInja, the shrine of lightning [2]
See also
