Sakyō-ku (左京区, Sakyō-ku) is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is located in the northeastern part of the city.
The meaning of sakyō (左京) is "on the Emperor's left." When residing in the Kyoto Imperial Palace the emperor would sit facing south, thus the eastern direction would be to his left. Similarly, there is a ward to the west called Ukyō-ku (右京区), meaning "the ward on the Emperor's right." In old times, sakyō was referring to the eastern part of the capital, but the present Sakyō-ku is bounded to the west by the Kamo River and is thus outside the historical capital.
It was created in 1929 when it was split off from Kamigyō-ku.
GeographyEdit
It is located in the north-east corner of Kyoto city. In the east, it borders the city of Ōtsu in Shiga Prefecture. In the south Sanjō Street separates it from Higashiyama-ku and Yamashina-ku. In the north, it borders the city of Nantan in Kyoto Prefecture and Takashima in Shiga Prefecture. In central Kyoto, the Kamo River flows on the western border of this ward.
Areas like Iwakura [ja] have been designated urbanization control areas, where large-scale exploitation and erection of tall buildings is restricted. Many rice fields remain in this area. The northern part of Sakyō-ku is mountainous and has a thriving forest industry.
Sakyō-ku also contains the Kyoto Botanical Garden and several of the mountains lit up during the yearly Gozan no Okuribi festival, including the main Daimonji-yama.
The conservatory of the Kyoto Botanical Garden
The South Korean government maintains the Korea Education Institution (Korean: 교토한국교육원, Japanese: 京都韓国教育院) in Sakyō-ku.[1]
The ward contains 23 elementary schools (of which 3 are private), 7 public middle schools, and 7 public high schools. It also has 5 private schools that are both middle and high schools.
Several universities are located in the ward, including the prominent Kyoto University.
Media related to Sakyō-ku, Kyoto at Wikimedia Commons
The ward's official homepage (in Japanese)
Government of Japan Ministry of the Environment article on Kyoto Protocol
Pool of photographs taken in Sakyo-ku on Flickr (retrieved March 9, 2010)
October 20, 2023
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