Kyoto remained Japan's capital until the transfer of the government to Edo in 1868 at the time of the Imperial Restoration.
Kyoto's kimono weavers are particularly renowned, and the city remains the premier center of kimono manufacturing.
Kyoto also has a unique higher education network called the Consortium of Universities in Kyoto, which consists of three national, five public (prefectural and municipal), and 41 private universities, as well as the city and four other organizations.
Although in 1192 real political power shifted to Kamakura, where a samurai clan established the shogunate, Kyoto still remained the imperial capital as the powerless emperors and their court continued to be seated in the city.
Kyoto is located almost in the center of Honshū and of Japan.
On January 1, 2006, the towns of Hiyoshi, Sonobe and Yagi from FunaiDistrict and the town of Miyama from KitakuwadaDistrict merged to form the new city of Nantan.
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