is one of the eleven wards in the

city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

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 ...

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Kyoto Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Kyoto Prefecture has a population of 2,561,358 () and has a geographic area of . Kyoto Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the northeast, Shiga Prefecture ...

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History

It was created in 1929 when it was split off from Shimogyō-ku. During the years 1931 to 1976 it also covered the area of present-day Yamashina-ku, which was an independent

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

until its merger into the city in 1931. The name literally means "Eastern Mountain District". Due to the restrictions against urban development, the population inside the ward is continually decreasing. Higashiyama-ku has the lowest population of all the wards in Kyoto, and a disproportionate number of elderly people.

Geography

Interposed between the

Kamo River The is located in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The riverbanks are popular walking spots for residents and tourists. In summer, restaurants open balconies looking out to the river. There are walkways running alongside the river, and some stepping s ...

and the Higashiyama mountain range, Higashiyama-ku is roughly bounded by the

Sanjō street Sanjō Street（三条通さんじょうどおり ''sanjō dōri''）is a major street that crosses the center of the city of Kyoto from east to west, running from Shinomiya in the Yamashina-ku, Kyoto, Yamashina-ku ward (east) to the vicinity of t ...

in the north, and the Jūjō street in the south. Historically, this area lay outside the official boundaries of the city of Kyoto. The western part consists mainly of residential areas, whereas the eastern part is covered by forests. In the north, between the Kamo River and Higashi-oji street, there is a commercial district, and in the south there is a semi-industrial zone.

Demographics

Sights

Many of the locations central to the development of 15th-century Japanese culture known as Higashiyama Bunka are found here or in Sakyō-ku. Both the entertainment district of Gion in front of Yasaka Shrine, and the area around the stone-paved roads Ninenzaka and Sannenzaka that lead up to the World Heritage Kiyomizu Temple, enjoy protected status to preserve the traditional style buildings. Other temples and shrines in the ward include Tōfuku-ji,

Kennin-ji is a historic Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, and head temple of its associated branch of Rinzai Buddhism. It is considered to be one of the so-called Kyoto ''Gozan'' or "five most important Zen temples of Kyoto". History Kennin-ji was ...

, Kōdai-ji, and Sanjūsangen-dō. The

Kyoto National Museum The is one of the major art museums in Japan. Located in Kyoto's Higashiyama ward, the museum focuses on pre-modern Japanese and Asian art. History The Kyoto National Museum, then the Imperial Museum of Kyoto, was proposed, along with the Imp ...

is also located inside Higashiyama-ku, as well as the Namikawa Cloisonne Museum.Namikawa Cloisonné Museum of Kyoto
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Education

* Kacho College *

Kyoto International Junior and Senior High School Kyoto International Junior and Senior High School (, ''Kyōto Kokusai Chūgakkō Kōtōgakkō''; ) is a Japanese school in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto. It includes middle school, middle and high school levels. It is under the Educational Foundation Kyo ...

(Educational Foundation Kyoto International School) * * Kyoto Women's University

Gallery

File:Yasaka-dori early morning with street lanterns and the Tower of Yasaka (Hokan-ji Temple), Kyoto, Japan.jpg, View of the five-story pagoda at Hōgan-ji Temple from Yasakakamimachi File:Wooden gate with open double door leading to the garden of Isshinin Buddhist temple in the compounds of Chion-in Kyoto Japan.jpg, The garden of ''Isshinin'' temple in Chion-in, Kyoto File:Pedestrian road with pavements and paper umbrellas, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan, early morning.jpg, Ninenzaka Street, 3 Chome, Kyoto in the early morning File:Gion kyoto japan.JPG, Street in the Gion district,

File:Kyoto-027 hg.jpg, Kiyomizu-zaka slope, Kyoto near Kiyomizu Temple, 1965 File:Keihan 8000 series at Tofukuji Station 2019-11-18 (50099991698).jpg, Train at the Tōfukuji station

References

External links

* * Wards of Kyoto {{Kyoto-geo-stub