Kyoto

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Kyoto

Total population

1,475,183

Air quality index

46Good

Coordinates35.01°, 135.77°

Demographic figures from Statistics Bureau of Japan. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Kyoto, officially Kyoto City , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu. As of 2020, the city had a population of 1.46 million, making it the ninth-most populous city in Japan. More than half (56.8%) of Kyoto Prefecture's population resides in the city. The city is the cultural anchor of the substantially larger Greater Kyoto, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 3.8 million people. It is also part of the even larger Keihanshin metropolitan area, along with Osaka and Kobe.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Dōgen

Japanese Zen Buddhist teacher (1200-1253)

Toshiaki Imae

Japanese baseball player

Shinran

Japanese Buddhist monk and founder of the Jōdo Shinshū sect (1173–1263)

Hiroyuki Nagato

Japanese actor (1934–2011)

Sōtarō Yasui

Japanese artist (1888-1955)

Tomohito Ito

Japanese baseball player

Rolly Teranishi

musician

Kenji Otonari

baseball player

Haruo Tanaka

Japanese actor (1912–1992)

Kazumi Saito

Japanese baseball player

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Rin Asano

Japanese mangaka

M

Masaki Nishina

Japanese actor

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Hitomi Nishina

Japanese model and actress

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Hatasu Itō

Japanese shogi player

Kiyoko Ōkubo

Japanese actor

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Hiroshi Seimaru

Japanese film director

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Recently spotted species

Pumpkin Beetle

Aulacophora indica

Seen 2026-06-28

Japanese Four-lined Ratsnake

Elaphe quadrivirgata

Seen 2026-06-28

Tiger Keelback

Rhabdophis tigrinus

Seen 2026-06-28

Libythea lepita celtoides

Libythea lepita celtoides

Seen 2026-06-28

White-eyebrowed Jumping Spider

Evarcha albaria

Seen 2026-06-28

Wasp Spider

Argiope bruennichi

Seen 2026-06-28

Eastern Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea jouyi

Seen 2026-06-28

Japanese Beetle

Popillia japonica

Seen 2026-06-28

Oriental Beetle

Exomala orientalis

Seen 2026-06-28

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers