Kyoto

American  

[kee-oh-toh, kyaw-taw] / kiˈoʊ toʊ, ˈkjɔ tɔ /

Or Kioto

noun

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

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Kyoto British  

/ 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)

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Kyoto

She graduated from Kyoto University with a degree in economics before pursuing a career in local government and politics.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

In February 1204 CE, he described seeing "red lights in the northern sky over Kyoto."

From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026

Also on the schedule: the re-creation of two of Ono’s groundbreaking performance art works, including 1964’s iconic “Cut Piece,” which Ono originally performed in Kyoto and Tokyo, before staging its American debut at Carnegie Hall.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

At a gallery in Kyoto, he spotted a terracotta sculpture of a Japanese warrior, about 2 feet tall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

Experiments by Makoto Ogawa of the Kansai Environmental Engineering Center, near Kyoto, Japan, demonstrated that charcoal retains its carbon in the soil for up to fifty thousand years.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann