Kyoto

American

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

Or Kioto

noun

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

Kyoto British

/ 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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Earlier this year, Kawata, who is mayor of Yawata City in Kyoto prefecture, was plunged into a national debate about whether elected officials should take time off for childbirth.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Researchers at Kyoto University and Hiroshima University set out to address that missing capability.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026

This entry follows the samurai Miyamoto Musashi as he explores a fantastical version of Edo-period Kyoto.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Kusama studied Japanese painting in Kyoto, against her parents' wishes, and held her first solo exhibition in 1952 in her hometown of Matsumoto in central Japan.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 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

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