Kyoto

It was established in Kyoto in the 1860s according to the yakuza history book Ninkyojuku.
Japan Finally Convicts Powerful Yakuza Boss|Jake Adelstein|March 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The Kyoto District Court handed down the verdict on March 22.
Japan Finally Convicts Powerful Yakuza Boss|Jake Adelstein|March 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
On the other hand, leaks of methane from natural gas wells could be pushing the U.S. over the Kyoto target for that gas.
What's Reducing Carbon Emissions? Natural Gas.|Noah Kristula-Green|August 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Kyoto, Japan, is one of my favorite places for the refinement of the food and the ambiance of the city.
Fresh Picks|Laurent Gras|September 1, 2009|DAILY BEAST

Tosabo managed to escape and hide himself in the mountains of Kurama, near Kyoto, but he was caught and put to death at last.
Warriors of Old Japan and Other Stories|Yei Theodora Ozaki
Never had he dreamed of such beauty, although he came from Kyoto, the city of beautiful women.
Romances of Old Japan|Yei Theodora Ozaki
I remember the loneliness of a New York girl who had gone to live in Kyoto.
The Pacific Triangle|Sydney Greenbie
The chief educational institution of this body is the Doshisha University, in Kyoto.
The Gist of Japan|R. B. Peery
I was assured that I would be allowed to land and leave the station at Kyoto.
Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic|Sidney L. Gulick

British Dictionary definitions for Kyoto

Kyoto

Kioto

/ (kɪˈəʊtəʊ, ˈkjəʊ-) /

noun

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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