is one of the eleven
wards
Ward may refer to:
Division or unit
* Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward
* Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a pris ...
in the
city of
Kyoto, in
Kyoto Prefecture,
Japan. Its name means "west capital ward" and it is situated on the western edge of the city, to the south of center. The ward was established on October 1, 1976, after it was separated from
Ukyō-ku. The
Katsura River is the border between Nishikyo-ku and Ukyo-ku.
Katsura Imperial Villa
The , or Katsura Detached Palace, is an Imperial residence with associated gardens and outbuildings in the western suburbs of Kyoto, Japan. Located on the western bank of the Katsura River in Katsura, Nishikyō-ku, the Villa is 8km distant fro ...
, on that river, is one of the most widely known features of Nishikyo-ku.
Katsura Imperial Villa
/ref> Saihō-ji, the Moss Temple, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the ward.
Matsunoo-taisha
, formerly , is a Shinto shrine located at the far western end of Shijō Street, approximately 1.3 kilometers south of the Arashiyama district of Kyoto. It is home to a spring at the base of the mountain, Arashiyama, that is believed to be bless ...
, a Shinto shrine, is also located in Nishikyō-ku.
As of October 1, 2021 the ward has an area of 59.24 km² and a population of 148,370.
Demographics
Education
* International Research Center for Japanese Studies
*Kyoto City University of Arts
is a public, municipal university of general art and music in Kyoto, Japan. Established in 1880, it is Japan's oldest university of the arts (the predecessor of Tokyo University of the Arts was founded in 1887). Among its faculty and graduates ...
* Kyoto College of Economics
* Katsura Campus, Kyoto University
References
External links
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Wards of Kyoto
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