UkyÅ-ku, Kyoto
Ukyo -ku (Japanese右 京 区, dt " right capital district " ) is one of eleven districts ( ku ) of Kyoto, Japan.
Etymology
The name Ukyo, " right capital district ", comes from the fact that the Japanese emperor sat southbound when he resided in the imperial palace, so that the western areas lay by him from the right. Accordingly, ie the eastern district Sakyō -ku, which means "left capital district ". Originally called Ukyo the western parts of the city, the current district Ukyo -ku, however, is for the most part outside the historic border and intersects only a few places with the old Ukyo.
History
Ukyo -ku was created on April 1, 1931 as part of the incorporation of the town of Saga (嵯峨 町, -chō ), as well as the villages Hanazono (花园 村, -mura ), Kyogoku (京 极 村, -mura ), Matsuo (松尾 村, -mura ), Katsura (桂 村, -mura ), Kawaoka (川冈 村, -mura ), Sai (西 院 村, -mura ), Umegahata (梅ヶ 畑村, -mura ), Umezu (梅 津 村, -mura ), Uzumasa (太 秦 村, -mura ) each from the district Kadono (葛 野 郡, -gun ).
On December 1, 1950 Ōe was (大 枝 村, -mura ) and on November 1, 1959 Ōharano (大 原野 村, -mura ) (乙 训 郡, -gun ) incorporated into each of the county Otokuni. Both were then again on October 1, 1976 along with Matsuo, Katsura and Kawaoka as the new municipality of Nishikyo -ku outsourced.
With the recent incorporation from 1 April 2005, the city Keihoku (京 北 町, -chō ) from the district Kitakuwada (北 桑田 郡, -gun ) quadrupled the city almost from 74.27 to 291.95 km ².
Attractions
Among the important places in the district include the "Bridge to the Moon" - Togetsu- kyō - in the district of Arashiyama, the Buddhist temple complex Ninna -ji, the Zen temple Ryoan -ji with its famous gravel garden, the temple Daikaku -ji in the district Sagano and Koryu -ji temple in the district Uzumasa. In the district Nakaragi is the prefecture of Kyoto University. Ukyo -ku is also a center of the Japanese film industry, among other things, here is one of the two film studios of Toei.