Seki Seminar at Tokyo Keizai University: My favorite sightseeing spot of Japan(Yukari Yamazaki)

Hello, everyone.

Today, I would like to introduce sightseeing area in Japan.

Let's discuss about Kyoto city.

Kyoto is capital of Japan long ago.

It was said Miyako or Kyo.

Kyoto Prefecture(Kyoto-fu) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of the island of Honshu. The area of Kyoto is 4,613k㎡ and the population is about 2,623,924.

There was some consideration by the United States of targeting Kyoto with an atomic bomb during the end of World War II because it was an intellectual center of Japan and it had a population "better able to appreciate the significance of the weapon." In the end, at the insistence of Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of War in the Roosevelt and Truman administrations, the city was removed from the list of targets and replaced by Nagasaki. The city was largely spared from conventional bombing as well, although small-scale air raids did result in casualties.

Kyoto is touristic city and city International tourism and Culture because it has many Old historic sites, Streets and Culture like Kamogawa, Udigawa, Gojonoto, Enryakuji, Kiyomizudera, Kinkakuji, Ginkakuji and Tenryuji etc…

The color of Kinkakuji is gold.Gold is “Kin” in Japanese.Because It was said Kinkakuji.

Silver is “Gin” in Japanese. But Ginkakuji is not made of silver.

Kyoto has lots of Temple and Attractions.

My favorite Temple are Ryuanji and Byodoin hoodo. Ryuanji has a very beautiful garden. I felt flavor. Byodoin is symbol of Japanese 10 yen coin.

My favorite attraction are Shijokawaramachi and Kamogawa. Shijokawaramachi is the largest downtown. And Kamogawa is flowing though Kyoto city. It has a big river.