noun:

• capital (esp. Kyoto)

noun:

• Nishida's philosophy (foundation for the Kyoto school of philosophy)

noun:

• former capital region (i.e. Kyoto and its environs)

noun:

• academic advisor (e.g. at a university research lab)

noun:

• English department (e.g. in a university)

noun:

• prefectural shrine (of Kyoto or Osaka) - obsolete term

noun:

• within the prefecture (of Kyoto or Osaka)
• within the town limits of Edo - archaism ➜ 御府内

noun / ~する noun:

• studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)

noun:

• German department (e.g. in a university)

noun:

• prefectural shrine (of prefectures other than Kyoto and Osaka)

noun:

• water from the capital (Kyoto), rumored to have a whitening effect - archaism
• type of washing lotion from the end of the Edo period - archaism ➜ 化粧水

noun / ~する noun:

• returning to a capital city (esp. Kyoto)

noun:

• Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway) ➜ 東海道【とうかいどう】

noun:

• (Osaka, Kyoto) party chapter

noun:

• Festival of the Ages (held at Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto on Oct. 22); Jidai Festival

noun:

• Iwashimizu Festival (Sept. 15 festival held at Iwashimizu Hachimangu in Kyoto)

noun:

• minor (in university or college courses); sub-major ➜ 専攻

noun:

• three large cities (esp. Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka during the Edo period)

noun:

• daikon-offering ceremony (Ryotokuji temple, Kyoto)

noun:

• (university) club that exists for the purpose of getting women drunk and taking advantage of them

noun:

• prefectural senior high school (in Kyoto and Osaka prefectures); public senior high school (in Kyoto and Osaka prefectures) ➜ 県立高等学校

expression / noun:

• long, narrow house (e.g. traditional Kyoto townhouse); eel bed [literal] - colloquialism

noun:

• Jizo Festival (child-focused religious festival, in which Jizo statues are decorated, esp. in Kyoto; 23-24 August)

noun:

• Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th) ➜ 祇園祭

noun:

• prefectural residents' tax (in Kyoto or Osaka) ➜ 県民税