about 3 and a half hours away
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Nara and kyoto were the two ancient capitals
they were once all capitals at one time. first nara, then moved to Kyoto, then moved to kamakura, then settled in Tokyo
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Records show Dazaifu was an administrative capital in 663 A.D before Nara became the capital,however the were many Capitals in ancient Japan. Dating records have shown that the site Yoshinogari dates to before 400 BC
Nara was the first capital of the Japanese civilization and has UNESCO designation for its historical buildings. Some consider it the birthplace of Japanese civilization. However, the reason it was a capital was that the emperor had his home there. In the 8th century, the capital was moved to Kyoto when the emperor moved there. Kyoto is also a UNESCO site.
It means "city gate," and refers to a gate built in Kyoto and Nara.
Edo. When Emperor Meiji moved Japan's capital from Kyoto to Edo, he named it Tokyo. Before Kyoto, Nara was the ancient capital of Japan.
---- The Kinki Region, also commonly known as Kansai, consists of seven prefectures. It used to be the political and cultural center of Japan for many centuries. The cities of Kyoto, Osaka, Nara, and Kobe are all part of the Kinki Region.
Osaka is the capital city of Japan's Osaka Prefecture.
560 miles
The original capital founded by the legendary figure Jinmu Tennou was Kashihara in present day Nara prefecture. It was later moved to nearby Asuka in 538. The first established capital city was Heijo, present day Nara, in 710. In 784, the capital moved to Nagaoka for ten years before settling in Kyoto in 794.While the Imperial capital was in Kyoto from 794 to 1868, there were periods where the Emperor was not in command and the capital could be argued to be in another location. The Kamakura period (1185-1333) had a military capital based in Kamakura, closer to present day Tokyo. The Ashikaga shogunate (1336-1573) was based in Muromachi Kyoto. At the beginning of this period, the Emperor was in exile in Yoshino Nara (1336-1392). The shogunates of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi were in based in Azuchi in present day Shiga prefecture and Momoyama Fushimi in present day Kyoto prefecture, respectively. The Tokugawa family maintained their capital in Edo, present day Tokyo. In 1868, the Imperial capital was moved to Edo (renamed Tokyo) after the last Tokugawa shogun surrendered his office.