Editing Kyoto (section)

==Culture==
[[File:Tsukemono shop by Gavin Anderson in Nishiki Ichiba, Kyoto.jpg|thumb|200px|upright=1|A ''[[tsukemono]]'' shop on Nishiki Street]]
Although ravaged by wars, fires, and earthquakes during its eleven centuries as the imperial capital,{{citation needed|date=August 2024}} Kyoto suffered only minor damage in [[World War II]]. Kyoto remains Japan's cultural center.<ref>{{cite conference |url=http://kokkai.ndl.go.jp/SENTAKU/syugiin/190/0018/19002050018008a.html |date=February 5, 2018 |author=Shinzō Abe |title=Committee on Budget |volume=8 |conference=The 190th Ordinary [[National Diet|Diet]] session |publisher=[[House of Representatives (Japan)|House of Representatives]] |quote=京都というのは文化的な中心 |language=ja |author-link=Shinzō Abe |access-date=November 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214172714/http://kokkai.ndl.go.jp/SENTAKU/syugiin/190/0018/19002050018008a.html |archive-date=December 14, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Kyoto-Japan |title=Kyoto {{!}} History, Geography, & Points of Interest |website=Britannica |access-date=November 18, 2018 |archive-date=January 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104021133/https://www.britannica.com/place/Kyoto-Japan |url-status=live }}</ref> About 20% of Japan's [[National Treasure (Japan)|National Treasures]] and 14% of [[Important Cultural Property (Japan)|Important Cultural Properties]] exist in the city proper. The government of Japan relocated the [[Agency for Cultural Affairs]] to Kyoto in 2023.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/politics-government/20230327-99865/ |title=After Relocation to Kyoto, Cultural Affairs Agency Starts Operations |newspaper=The Japan News |date=March 27, 2023 |access-date=April 1, 2023 |archive-date=April 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401121144/https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/politics-government/20230327-99865/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Geishas in Kyoto.jpg|thumb|200px|upright=1|Geisha in Kyoto]]
With its 2,000 religious places – 1,600 [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] temples and 400 [[Shinto shrine]]s, as well as palaces, gardens and architecture intact – it is one of the best preserved cities in Japan. Among the most famous temples in Japan are [[Kiyomizu-dera]], a magnificent wooden temple supported by pillars off the slope of a mountain; [[Kinkaku-ji]], the Temple of the Golden Pavilion; [[Ginkaku-ji]], the Temple of the Silver Pavilion; and [[Ryōan-ji]], famous for its [[Japanese rock garden|rock garden]]. The [[Heian Shrine|Heian Jingū]] is a Shinto shrine, built in 1895, celebrating the imperial family and commemorating the first and last emperors to reside in Kyoto. Three special sites have connections to the imperial family: the Kyoto Gyoen area including the [[Kyoto Imperial Palace]] and [[Sentō Imperial Palace]], homes of the [[emperors of Japan]] for many centuries; [[Katsura Imperial Villa]], one of the nation's finest architectural treasures; and [[Shugakuin Imperial Villa]], one of its best [[Japanese garden]]s. In addition, the temple of Sennyu-ji houses the tombs of the emperors from [[Emperor Shijō|Shijō]] to [[Emperor Kōmei|Kōmei]].

Other sites in Kyoto include [[Arashiyama]], the [[Gion]] and [[Ponto-chō]] [[geisha]] quarters, the [[Philosopher's Walk]], and the canals that line some of the older streets.

The "[[Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)|Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto]]" are listed by the [[UNESCO]] as a [[World Heritage Site]]. These include the [[Kamo Shrine]]s (Kami and Shimo), [[Tō-ji|Kyō-ō-Gokokuji]] (Tō-ji), Kiyomizu-dera, [[Daigo-ji]], [[Ninna-ji]], [[Saihō-ji (Kyoto)|Saihō-ji]] (Kokedera), [[Tenryū-ji]], [[Kinkaku-ji|Rokuon-ji]] (Kinkaku-ji), [[Ginkaku-ji|Jishō-ji]] (Ginkaku-ji), [[Ryōan-ji]], [[Hongan-ji]], [[Kōzan-ji]], and the [[Nijō Castle]], primarily built by the [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa shōguns]]. Other sites outside the city are also on the list.

Kyoto is renowned for its abundance of delicious Japanese foods and cuisine. The special circumstances of Kyoto as a city away from the sea and home to many Buddhist temples resulted in the development of a variety of vegetables peculiar to the {{Nihongo|Kyoto area|京野菜|kyō-yasai}}. The oldest restaurant in Kyoto is [[Owariya|Honke Owariya]] which was founded in 1465.<ref name="Live Japan">{{cite web |title=Honke Owariya: Inside The Kyoto Soba Restaurant That Was Founded in 1465 (And Is Still Crazy Popular) |url=https://livejapan.com/en/in-kansai/in-pref-kyoto/in-nijo-castle_kyoto-imperial-palace/article-a2000017/ |website=Live Japan |access-date=July 18, 2020 |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719011607/https://livejapan.com/en/in-kansai/in-pref-kyoto/in-nijo-castle_kyoto-imperial-palace/article-a2000017/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Japan's television and film industry has its center in Kyoto. Many ''[[jidaigeki]]'', action films featuring samurai, were shot at [[Toei Uzumasa Eigamura]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pref.kyoto.jp/visitkyoto/en/theme/others/uzumasa_movie/ |title=Welcome to Kyoto — Toei Uzumasa Eigamura Movie Museum |publisher=Pref.kyoto.jp |access-date=March 7, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311205036/http://www.pref.kyoto.jp/visitkyoto/en/theme/others/uzumasa_movie/ |archive-date=March 11, 2010}}</ref> A film set and theme park in one, Eigamura features replicas of traditional Japanese buildings, which are used for ''jidaigeki''. Among the sets are a replica of the old [[Nihonbashi]] (the bridge at the entry to [[Edo (Tokyo)|Edo]]), a traditional courthouse, a Meiji Period [[kōban|police box]] and part of the former [[Yoshiwara]] red-light district. Actual film shooting takes place occasionally, and visitors are welcome to observe the action.

The [[Japanese dialects|dialect]] spoken in Kyoto is known as ''Kyō-kotoba'' or ''Kyōto-ben'', a constituent dialect of the [[Kansai dialect]]. Until the late Edo period, the Kyoto dialect was the ''de facto'' standard Japanese, although it has since been replaced by [[Standard Japanese|modern standard Japanese]]. Traditional Kyoto expressions include the polite copula ''dosu'', the honorific verb ending ''-haru'', and the greeting phrase ''okoshi-yasu''.
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===Festivals===
Kyoto is well known for its traditional festivals which have been held for over 1,000 years and are a major tourist attraction.<ref>Kyoto Visitors Guide (1998). Kyoto Tourist Office, Kyoto City Council.</ref> The first is the [[Aoi Matsuri]] on May 15. Two months later (July) is the [[Gion Matsuri]] known as one of the 3 great festivals of Japan, culminating in a massive parade on July 17. Kyoto marks the [[Bon Festival]] with the [[Gozan no Okuribi]], lighting fires on mountains to guide the spirits home (August 16). The October 22 [[Jidai Matsuri]], Festival of the Ages, celebrates Kyoto's illustrious past.

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File:Minami Kannonyama Gion Matsuri Yoiyama.jpg|[[Gion Matsuri]]
File:Gozanokuribi Daimonji2.jpg|[[Gozan no Okuribi]]
File:Aoi Matsuri.jpg|[[Aoi Matsuri]]
File:20111023 Jidai 0061.jpg|[[Jidai Matsuri]]
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===UNESCO World Heritage Site===
{{See also|Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)}}
The [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]] [[Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)]] includes fourteen temples, shrines, and castles in Kyoto dating from between the sixth century ([[Shimogamo Shrine]], though extant structures are more recent) and the seventeenth century ([[Nijō Castle]]). The sites were designated as World Heritage in 1994.

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File:KamigamoJinjya Saiden.jpg|[[Kamigamo Shrine]]
File:Shimogamo 01.jpg|[[Shimogamo Shrine]]
File:Kozanji Kyoto Kyoto11s5s4592.jpg|[[Kōzan-ji]]
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===Museums===
{{Expand section|date=June 2024}}[[File:Sitting people reading outdoors at Kyoto International Manga Museum 20080608.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Kyoto International Manga Museum]]]]
[[File:KyotoBotanicalGarden.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Kyoto Botanical Garden]]]]
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* Hakusasonso [[Hashimoto Kansetsu]] Garden and Museum ({{lang|ja|白沙村荘 橋本関雪記念館}})
* [[Hosomi Museum]] ({{lang|ja|細見美術館}})
* Joutenkaku Museum ({{lang|ja|承天閣美術館}})
* [[Kitamura Museum]] ({{lang|ja|北村美術館}})
* [[Koryo Museum of Art]] ({{lang|ja|高麗美術館}})
* Kyoto Arashiyama Orgel Museum ({{lang|ja|京都嵐山オルゴール美術館}})
* [[Kyoto Art Center]] ({{lang|ja|京都芸術センター}})
* [[Kyoto Botanical Garden]] ({{lang|ja|京都府立植物園}})
* Kyoto City Archaeological Museum ({{lang|ja|京都市考古資料館}})
* Kyoto City Heiankyo Sosei-Kan Museum ({{lang|ja|京都市平安京創生館}})
* [[Kyoto International Manga Museum]] ({{lang|ja|京都国際マンガミュージアム}})
* Kyoto [[Kaleidoscope]] Museum ({{lang|ja|京都万華鏡ミュージアム}})
* [[Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art]] ({{lang|ja|京都市美術館}})
* [[Kyoto Museum for World Peace]] ({{lang|ja|国際平和ミュージアム}})
* Kyoto Museum of Traditional Crafts ({{lang|ja|京都伝統産業ふれあい館}})
* [[Kyoto National Museum]] ({{lang|ja|京都国立博物館}})
* Kyoto Prefectural Garden of Fine Arts ({{lang|ja|京都府立陶板名画の庭}})
* Kyoto Prefectural Insho-Domoto Museum of Fine Arts ({{lang|ja|京都府立堂本印象美術館}})
* [[Kyoto Railway Museum]] ({{lang|ja|京都鉄道博物館}})
* [[Kyoto University Museum]] ({{lang|ja|京都大学総合博物館}})
* [[Museum of Kyoto]] ({{lang|ja|京都府京都文化博物館}})
* Namikawa Cloisonne Museum of Kyoto ({{lang|ja|並河靖之七宝記念館}})
* [[National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto]] ({{lang|ja|京都国立近代美術館}})
* [[Nomura Art Museum]] ({{lang|ja|野村美術館}})
* Onishi Seiwemon Museum ({{lang|ja|大西清右衛門美術館}})
* [[Raku ware|Raku]] Museum ({{lang|ja|楽美術館}})
* [[Ryozen Museum of History]] ({{lang|ja|幕末維新ミュージアム 霊山歴史館}})
* [[Sen-oku Hakuko Kan]] ({{lang|ja|泉屋博古館}})
* [[Shigureden]] ({{lang|ja|時雨殿}})
* Tin Toy Museum ({{lang|ja|ブリキのおもちゃ博物館}})
* [[Toei Kyoto Studio Park]] ({{lang|ja|東映太秦映画村}})
* [[Yurinkan Museum]] ({{lang|ja|藤井斉成会有鄰館}})
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===Sports===
[[File:Toshi-ya.JPG|thumb|right|''[[Kyūdō]]'' archers participating in the [[Tōshiya|Ōmato Archery Competition]] at [[Sanjūsangen-dō]]]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col"| Club
! scope="col"| Sport
! scope="col"| League
! scope="col"| Venue
! scope="col"| Established
|-
| [[Kyoto Sanga FC]]
| [[Soccer]]
| [[J.League]]
| [[Sanga Stadium by Kyocera]]<br/>[[Takebishi Stadium Kyoto]]
| 1922
|-
| [[SGH Galaxy Stars]]
| [[Softball]]
| [[Japan Diamond Softball League|JD. League]]
| Wakasa Stadium Kyoto
| 1986
|-
| [[Kyoto Hannaryz]]
| [[Basketball]]
| [[B.League]]
| [[Hannaryz Arena]]
| 2009
|-
| Kyoto Kaguyalyze
| [[Table tennis]]
| [[T.League]]
| Shimadzu Arena Kyoto
| 2022
|}

Kyoto has been the site of many annual sporting events, ranging from the 400-year-old [[Tōshiya]] archery exhibition held at the [[Sanjūsangen-dō|Sanjūsangen-dō Temple]] to the [[Kyoto Marathon]] and the [[Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships]].

Several sports teams are based in Kyoto, including professional [[Association football|football]] and [[basketball]] teams. In football, Kyoto has been represented by [[Kyoto Sanga FC]], a club which won the [[Emperor's Cup]] in 2002 and rose to [[J. League]]'s Division 1 in 2005. Kyoto Sanga began as an amateur non-company club in the 1920s, making it the J. League team with the longest history, although it was only after professionalization in the 1990s that it was able to compete in the Japanese top division. Until 2019, Kyoto Sanga used [[Takebishi Stadium Kyoto]] in Ukyō-ku as its home stadium, but home matches were moved to the city of [[Kameoka, Kyoto]] in 2020. There are also several amateur football clubs based in Kyoto. The amateur clubs AS Laranja Kyoto, [[Ococias Kyoto AC]], and Kyoto Shiko Soccer Club compete in the regional [[Kansai Soccer League]].

Another professional team based in Kyoto is the [[Kyoto Hannaryz]], a men's basketball team in the First Division of the [[B.League]] that plays its home games at the [[Kyoto City Gymnasium]] in Ukyō-ku. Kyoto has also been the home of other professional teams that have subsequently moved or been disbanded. Between 1949 and 1952, the [[Central League]] professional baseball team [[Shochiku Robins]] played home games at Kinugasa Ballpark in Kita-ku and Nishi-Kyōgoku Baseball Park (now known as Wakasa Stadium) in Ukyō-ku. This team eventually became the [[Yokohama DeNA BayStars]]. Kyoto also hosted two teams in the [[Japan Women's Baseball League]] before the league folded in 2021.

[[Company team]]s in Kyoto include two rugby squads, the [[Mitsubishi Motors]] Kyoto Red Evolutions and the [[Shimadzu]] Breakers, which compete in the Kansai regional rugby league [[Japan Rugby League One#Related competitions|Top West]]. In baseball, company teams have competed in the regional JABA Kyoto Tournament annually since 1947.

[[Kyoto Racecourse]] in Fushimi-ku is one of ten racecourses operated by the [[Japan Racing Association]]. It hosts notable horse races including the [[Kikuka-shō]], Spring [[Tenno Sho]], and [[Queen Elizabeth II Cup]].