Kyoto (京都市, Kyōto-shi?) (IPA /kʲoːto ɕi/ listen (help·info), commonly pronounced by English speakers as /ki’əʊtəʊ/) is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan.

It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.

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