(2002 est. pop. 1.5 million). Located in southern Kyoto Prefecture in central Honshu, 50 kilometers northeast of the industrial port of Osaka, Kyoto was the residence of the Japanese emperor and imperial court from 794 to 1868. Originally named...

Original name, Heian-kyō. Capital of Japan from 794, when moved from Nara (q.v.) until Meiji Restoration in 1868, when capital moved to Yedo, renamed Tokyo. The religious centre of Japan. Laid out on grid principle with Palace in centre in a plain...

Kyoto (京都市, Kyōto-shi?) listen (help·info) 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...

Kyoto. 4920 Prytania St.. 891-3644. L. D Mon.-Sat. Sushi bars are wonderful for dining by yourself. You can watch the sushi chefs as they work magic with their hands, transforming raw ingredients into dinner. Their work seems like play. putting their hands in sticky...

No automation problem is too small or too large HE KYOTO SEISAKUSHO COMPANY LTD. WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1948 TO PRODUCE AUTOMATED PACKAGING MACHINERY FOR JAPAN'S GROWING TOBACCO INDUSTRY. BUT MEDIA NOW REPRESENTS A GROWING PERCENTAGE OF ITS BUSINESS. Kyoto's main manufacturing...

Climate Change: The cracking sound you hear up north isn't the last of winter's ice breaking up, but the mighty "Kyoto consensus" falling apart. It wasn't long ago that Canada's politicians were cursing the U.S. for its failure to go along with Kyoto's mandate of...

New Prime Minister Kevin Rudd signed the paperwork Monday to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, making good on an election promise that will leave the U.S. isolated among wealthy countries in shunning the international global warming pact."This is the first official act of the new Australian...