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

A senior reactor engineering specialist at the Research Reactor Institute at Kyoto University, Hiroaki Koide, was interviewed by The New York Times that day.

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NAGOYA, Japan—The tourists who crowd the bullet trains from Tokyo tend not to disembark at Nagoya as they speed along the so-called Golden Route linking the Japanese capital with Kyoto and Osaka.

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This surprising finding led researchers from Kyoto University, Nagoya University, and Kyushu University to revisit how the magnetosphere's electric characteristics are formed and sustained.

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A fascinating blend of cultural and historical influences, the Japanese archipelago feels a world apart from Tokyo, Kyoto and other tourist hot spots in the country.

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Bonus: Few Americans and Europeans go, so it feels much less congested than hot spots like Kyoto.

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