Ōmiya Street (大宮通おおみやどおり ''Ōmiya dōri'') is a major street running from north to south in the city of

Kyoto Kyoto ( or ; Japanese language, Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu. , the city had a population of 1.46 million, making it t ...

, Japan. It extends about 10 km{{Cite web, last=, first=, date=2020-09-09, title=Streets and Machiya of Kyoto: Omiya Street, url=http://www.ichiro-ichie.com/05koto/kyoto2/02south-noth/a27oomiya-dori/oomiya-dori01.html, archive-url=, archive-date=, access-date=, website=Ichiro Ichie, language=Japanese from Shikanoshimo Park in the north to Takeda Idebashi Street in the south, crossing the Kita-ku, Nakagyō-ku, Shimogyō-ku, Minami-ku and Fushimi-ku districts of Kyoto.

History

Modern day Ōmiya Street corresponds to the Higashi Ōmiya Ōji of the

Heian-kyō Heian-kyō was one of several former names for the city now known as Kyoto. It was the official capital of Japan for over one thousand years, from 794 to 1868 with an interruption in 1180. Emperor Kanmu established it as the capital in 794, mo ...

. After the decline of the Heian-kyō, as many other roads of the time it was extensively reduced, however it still remained by the time of the

Kamakura period The is a period of History of Japan, Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Kamakura by the first ''shōgun'' Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the G ...

and beyond. Due to the construction of the

Nijō Castle is a flatland Japanese castle, castle in Kyoto, Japan. The castle consists of two concentric rings (Kuruwa) of fortifications, the Ninomaru Palace, the ruins of the Honmaru Palace, various support buildings and several gardens. The surface area ...

, the street was divided in two, in the section between Takeyamachi and Oshikoj streets.

Present day

Nowadays Ōmiya Street is located between Horikawa Street (east) and Mibugawa Street (west). The section south of

Shijō Street runs in the center of Kyoto, Japan from east to west through the commercial center of the city. Shijō literally means ''Fourth Avenue'' of Heian-kyō, the ancient capital. History The section between Shinkyōgoku street and the vicini ...

is currently a wide highway, however the northern part is a narrow local street, with many sections being one-way only. The section between Kamidachiuri and Motoseiganji streets crosses the hearth of the

Nishijin is a district in Kyoto spanning from Kamigyō ward to Kita ward. Though it is well known as a district, there is no administrative area called "Nishijin".(jaWhat is Nishijin?/ref> Nishijin is notable for its textile production, and is the birt ...

district.

Relevant landmarks along the street

Per the ''Encyclopedia of Kyoto'': * Shinsenen Kyoto Japan01s3

Shinsenen is a garden with Buddhist temple located in the approximate center of the modern city of Kyoto, Japan. The temple belongs to the Tō-ji-branch of Shingon-shū and its '' honzon'' is a statue of Sho-Kannon. The pond and garden are the last survi ...

* Ōmiya Station (

Hankyu Kyoto Line The is a railway line in Japan operated by the private railway operator Hankyu Railway. It connects Osaka-umeda Station in Osaka and Kyoto-kawaramachi Station in Kyoto. Definition The Kyoto Main Line is often called the for short, and in ...

) *

Shijō-Ōmiya Station is a tram stop in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the ...

( Randen) * Nishi Hongan-ji * Nijo Castle 1

Ryukoku University is a private university in Kyoto, Japan. It was founded as a school for Buddhist priests of the Nishi Hongan-ji denomination in 1639, and became a secularized university in 1876. The university's professors and students founded the literary m ...

* Umekoji Park *

Tō-ji , also known as is a Shingon Buddhist temple in the Minami-ku, Kyoto, Minami-ku ward of Kyoto, Japan. Founded in 796, Tō-ji Temple was one of the only three Buddhist temples allowed in the city at the time it became the capital of Japan. As s ...

References

External links

Nijō Castle

Nishi Hongan-ji

Ryukoku University
Streets in Kyoto Odonyms referring to a building