is a
city located in the central part of the island of
Honshu, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the Imperial
capital of Japan for more than one thousand years, it is now the capital city of
Kyoto Prefecture located in the
Kansai region, as well as a major part of the
Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe metropolitan area. Kyoto is also known as the
thousand-year capital.