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 ...
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 ...
, in
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 ...
,
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 Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
. Its name means "North Ward." As of 2020, the ward has an estimated population of 117,165 people.
typeface is named after an area in the ward.
Demographics
Education
Universities
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Bukkyo University
is a private university in Kita-ku, Kyoto in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The university began as an organization within the Chion-in, Chion-in Temple for the lecturing and study of Buddhism in 1868. The school's official predecessor was founded in ...
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Kyoto Sangyo University
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Ritsumeikan University
is a private university in Kyoto, Japan, that traces its origin to 1869. In addition to its main campus in Kyoto, the university also has satellite campuses in Ibaraki, Osaka and Kusatsu, Shiga.
Today, Ritsumeikan University is known as one o ...
, Kinugasa Campus
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Otani University
Primary and secondary schools
The community previously had a
North Korean school, Kyoto Korean No. 3 Elementary School (
京都朝鮮第三初級学校).
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Culture
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Kyoto Museum for World Peace
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Ōtani University Museum
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Museum of Furuta Oribe
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Koryo Museum of Art
Temples and Landmarks
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Daitoku-ji
is a Rinzai school Zen Buddhist temple in the Murasakino neighborhood of Kita-ku in the city of Kyoto Japan. Its ('' sangō'') is . The Daitoku-ji temple complex is one of the largest Zen temples in Kyoto, covering more than . In addition to ...
a famous
Rinzai
The Rinzai school (, zh, t=臨濟宗, s=临济宗, p=Línjì zōng), named after Linji Yixuan (Romaji: Rinzai Gigen, died 866 CE) is one of three sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism, along with Sōtō and Ōbaku. The Chinese Linji school of ...
sect temple.
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Kamigamo Shrine, one of the oldest shrines in Japan.
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Kinkaku-ji
, officially named , is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan and a tourist attraction. It is designated as a World Heritage Site, a National Special Historic Site, a National Special Landscape, and one of the 17 Historic Monuments of Ancient K ...
, the Golden Pavilion, one of Japan's most famous temples.
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Imamiya Shrine, an ancient Shinto shrine dedicated to healing.
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Shinnyō-ji, a sub temple of
Shōkoku-ji, famous for spring Iris blossoms.
References
External links
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Wards of Kyoto
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