Kamigyō-ku
An Exchange Corner at a kiosk in Demachi Shoutenkai featuring characters from Tamako Market. • Image Map — Kamigyo-ku in Kyoto City.svg • Mapsize — 180px • Map Caption — Location of Kamigyō-ku in Kyoto • Pushpin Map — Japan • Pushpin Map Caption — Location of Kamigyō-ku in Japan • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Japan • Subdivision Type1 — Prefecture • Subdivision Name1 — Kyoto • Subdivision Type2 — City • Subdivision Name2 — Kyoto • Established Title — Founded • Established Date — 1879 • Area Total Km2 — 7.03 • Elevation Max M — 77 • Elevation Min M — 46 • Population As Of — October 1, 2020 • Population Total — 83832 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Timezone1 — Japan Standard Time • Utc Offset1 — +9 • Website — https: www.city.kyoto.lg.jp/kamigyo/ Kamigyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The ward was a district of residences for the royalty, aristocrats, and upper classes in the old capital of JapanーHeian-kyō. Located in the center of the present-day city of Kyoto, Japan, it previously occupied the northern region of the ancient capital of Kyoto.
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An Exchange Corner at a kiosk in Demachi Shoutenkai featuring characters from Tamako Market. • Image Map — Kamigyo-ku in Kyoto City.svg • Mapsize — 180px • Map Caption — Location of Kamigyō-ku in Kyoto • Pushpin Map — Japan • Pushpin Map Caption — Location of Kamigyō-ku in Japan • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Japan • Subdivision Type1 — Prefecture • Subdivision Name1 — Kyoto • Subdivision Type2 — City • Subdivision Name2 — Kyoto • Established Title — Founded • Established Date — 1879 • Area Total Km2 — 7.03 • Elevation Max M — 77 • Elevation Min M — 46 • Population As Of — October 1, 2020 • Population Total — 83832 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Timezone1 — Japan Standard Time • Utc Offset1 — +9 • Website — https: www.city.kyoto.lg.jp/kamigyo/ Kamigyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The ward was a district of residences for the royalty, aristocrats, and upper classes in the old capital of JapanーHeian-kyō. Located in the center of the present-day city of Kyoto, Japan, it previously occupied the northern region of the ancient capital of Kyoto.
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The Kamo River flows on the eastern border of the ward. The ward is home to the Kyoto Imperial Palace, the Kitano Tenmangu Shinto shrine, the Seimei shrine, nishijin-ori textiles, and the headquarters of the Omotesenke and Urasenke schools of Japanese tea ceremony. The Masugata Shōtengai Shopping District is the setting of the 2013 anime series, Tamako Market, produced by Kyoto Animation.
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• Name — ja-Latn • Native Name — 上京区 • Settlement Type — Ward of Kyoto
Education
Education
• Doshisha University • Heian Jogakuin University • Imadegawa Campus of Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts • Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine The Lycée Français de Kyoto, the French international school in Kansai, was in this ward. Kyoto International School is also in this ward.
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