ShimogyÅ-ku, Kyoto
Shimogyo -ku (Japanese下 京 区, dt "lower capital district " ) is one of eleven districts ( ku ) of Kyoto, Japan.
History
It was founded on 10 April 1879 as part of the old city Prefecture (Kyoto - fu). In the reorganization of the Japanese community being on 1 April 1889, formed out of it and Kamigyo -ku the city ( shi) Kyoto. On April 1, 1929, the East were spun off as a municipality Higashiyama -ku and formed from the northern part along with the southern part of Kamigyo -ku district of the city Nakagyo -ku. He received his present boundaries on September 1, 1955, the spin-off of Minami- ku in the south.
Attractions
Important buildings are the Kyoto Tower and Kyoto Station. On the northern edge of the district, the Shijōstraße runs to the, especially at the intersection lies with the Kawaramachistraße, 's busiest shopping area of the city. The three rivers Hori, Kamo and Takase flow through Shimogyo -ku.