Shinkyogoku

Japanese: 新京極 - しんきょうごく
Shinkyogoku

A downtown area in Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City. Located between Kawaramachi-dori and Teramachi-dori, shops line the 500-meter north-south street that connects Sanjo-dori and Shijo-dori. Teramachi-dori is Kyogoku-oji in Heian-kyo, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi created Teramachi by gathering temples from the capital. In 1872 (Meiji 5), Makimura Masanao, who later became the governor of Kyoto Prefecture, purchased the land where the Seiganji Temple festival was held in a corner of Teramachi, as a way to restore Kyoto, which had declined after the capital was moved to Tokyo, and named it Shinkyogoku. Currently, the area is an arcade street with movie theaters, souvenir shops, restaurants, and other establishments, and is also home to Takoyakushi-do (Eifuku-ji Temple) and Nishiki Tenmangu Shrine.

[Takeo Oda]

[Reference] | Seiganji Temple

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

京都市中京(なかぎょう)区にある繁華街。河原町通(かわらまちどおり)と寺町通の間にあり、三条通と四条通を結ぶ南北約500メートルの街路に商店が並ぶ。寺町通は平安京の京極大路にあたり、豊臣秀吉(とよとみひでよし)によって洛中(らくちゅう)の寺を集めて寺町がつくられた。1872年(明治5)のちの京都府知事槇村正直(まきむらまさなお)は、東京遷都により衰微した京都の復興策として、寺町の一角の誓願寺(せいがんじ)の縁日が開かれていた地を買収して盛り場とし、新京極と名づけた。現在は映画館、土産物(みやげもの)店、飲食店などが集まるアーケード街をなし、蛸薬師(たこやくし)堂(永福寺)、錦(にしき)天満宮などもある。

[織田武雄]

[参照項目] | 誓願寺

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