History・Kyoto

Heian-kyoHeian-kyo

Also known as: 平安京

The ancient capital relocated by Emperor Kanmu in 794, the prototype of today's Kyoto. Its jobo grid of perpendicular north-south and east-west streets survives in the modern "grid" and street names.

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