Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto

Location of Shimogyō-ku in Kyoto

Kyoto Tower is a landmark in Shimogyō-ku.

Shimogyō-ku (下京区) is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. First established in 1879, it has been merged and split, and took on its present boundaries in 1955, with the establishment of a separate Minami-ku.

Kyoto Tower and Kyoto Station are major landmarks in Shimogyō-ku. Shijō Street on the northern edge of the area, especially around the Shijō Kawaramachi intersection, is the busiest shopping district in the city. Kyoto Station has an extensive shopping center, including a department store in the station building, and the underground Porta mall.

Shimogyō-ku has a population of 75,748 and an area of 6.82 km². Three rivers, Horikawa, Kamogawa and Takasegawa, are in the ward.

Economy

Omron, a global electronic components and automation manufacturer is headquartered in the ward.^[1]

References

↑ "Corporate Data." Omron. Retrieved on April 12, 2014.

External links

Media related to Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (Japanese)

Kyoto Prefecture

Wards of Kyoto (capital city)	Fushimi Higashiyama Kamigyō Kita Minami Nakagyō Nishikyō Sakyō Shimogyō Ukyō Yamashina

Other cities	Ayabe Fukuchiyama Jōyō Kameoka Kizugawa Kyōtanabe Kyōtango Maizuru Miyazu Mukō Nagaokakyō Nantan Uji Yawata

Funai District	Kyōtamba

Kuse District	Kumiyama

Otokuni District	Ōyamazaki

Sōraku District	Kasagi Minamiyamashiro Seika Wazuka

Tsuzuki District	Ide Ujitawara

Yosa District	Ine Yosano

Coordinates: 34°59′15″N 135°45′20″E / 34.98750°N 135.75556°E / 34.98750; 135.75556

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