Kyoto
Kyoto is a regional capital in Japan with a population of about 1,463,723.
Kyoto, officially Kyoto City , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu. As of 2020, the city had a population of 1.46 million, making it the ninth-most populous city in Japan. More than half (56.8%) of Kyoto Prefecture's population resides in the city. The city is the cultural anchor of the substantially larger Greater Kyoto, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 3.8 million people. It is also part of the even larger Keihanshin metropolitan area, along with Osaka and Kobe.
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About Kyoto
| Country | Japan |
| Continent | Asia |
| Explore | 22 |
| Population | 1,463,723 |
| Local currency | JPY |
| Coordinates | 35.0211, 135.7538 |
| Time zone | Asia/Tokyo |
🧭 Facts & curiosities
| Settlement type | Major city |
| Distance to the capital | 365 km · Tokyo |
| Population (Japan) | #9 most populated in Japan |
| Where on Earth | 35°1′16″N · 135°45′14″E |
| Hemisphere | N · E |
| Distance to the equator | 3,899 km |
| Distance to the North Pole | 6,120 km |
| Did you know | More populous than 100% of all places |
| Same latitude as | Yuncheng (China) |
| Antipode (other side of Earth) | -35.02, -44.25 |
✈️ Distance to major cities
| Tokyo | 361 km |
| Beijing | 1,788 km |
| Singapore | 4,993 km |
| Moscow | 7,322 km |
| Dubai | 7,614 km |
| Sydney | 7,827 km |