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Kyoto

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Country: Japan

Population:1,475,183

Time Zone:UTC+9

Kyoto is best known as the cultural anchor of Greater Kyoto, a metropolitan area home to approximately 3.8 million people. The city serves as the capital of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan’s Kansai region, on the country’s largest and most populous island, Honshu. With 1.46 million residents in 2020, it was Japan’s ninth-most populous city and home to more than half of the prefecture’s population.