Kyoto

Or Kio·to

[kee-oh-toh, kyaw-taw]

noun

1. a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: the capital of Japan a.d. 794–1868.

Kyoto

/ kɪˈəʊtəʊ, ˈkjəʊ- /

noun

1. a city in central Japan, on S Honshu: the capital of Japan from 794 to 1868; cultural centre, with two universities (1875, 1897). Pop: 1 387 264 (2002 est)

Example Sentences

At the start of the film, a woodcutter and a priest take shelter from intense rain in the ruins of the mighty Rashomon Gate in Kyoto.

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“Everyone assumed that this kind of thing would immediately fall apart,” Kitagawa said at a Kyoto University press conference on Wednesday.

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The first Hungarian author to receive that award, he credited author Franz Kafka, singer Jimi Hendrix and the city of Kyoto in Japan for inspiration.

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He has traveled throughout Japan and taught in Kyoto and Tokyo.

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The misconduct was reported at 23 stores across the country, including in major cities like Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka.

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