Nagaoka-kyō

Nagaoka-kyō was the capital of Japan from 784 to 794. Its location was in , Yamashiro Province, corresponding to a 4.3 x 5.3 kilometer area spanning the borders of the modern cities of Mukō and , the town of Ōyamazaki, and the ward of the city of .
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: human settlement in Japan
  • Also known as: “Nagaoka”, “Nagaoka-miyako-ato”, and “Nagaoka-no-miya”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nagaoka-tenjin and Nagaokakyō Station.

Railway station
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Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of , , . It is operated by the private transportation company, Hankyu Railway. is situated 300 metres southwest of Nagaoka-kyō.

Railway station
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is a passenger railway station located in the city of , , , operated by the West Japan Railway Company. is situated 760 metres southeast of Nagaoka-kyō.

Park
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Shōryūji Castle is a castle in , , . is situated 1¼ km southeast of Nagaoka-kyō.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yodo-juku and Fushimi-ku.

Hamlet
was the second station on the Ōsaka Kaidō. It is located in the southern part of in the present-day city of , , Japan. is situated 3½ km southeast of Nagaoka-kyō.

Suburb
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Fushimi is one of the eleven wards in the city of , in , . Famous places in Fushimi include the Fushimi Inari Shrine, with thousands of torii lining the paths up and down a mountain; , originally built by Toyotomi… is situated 6 km east of Nagaoka-kyō.

Photo: Grialte, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Southern Kyoto covers a large part of Japan's , stretching from the Ōharano area in the west to Fushimi-ku, Daigo, and the southern tip of Higashiyama-ku in the east.

Nagaoka-kyō

Latitude
34.92774° or 34° 55′ 40″ north
Longitude
135.6942° or 135° 41′ 39″ east
Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)
Open location code
8Q6QWMHV+3M
Geo­Names ID
1856202
Wiki­data ID
Q1052803
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Turkish—“Nagaoka-kyō” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Նագաոկակյո”
  • Asturian: “Nagaoka-kyō”
  • Basque: “Nagaoka-kyo”
  • Burmese: “နဂအိုခခယော”
  • Catalan: “Nagaoka-kyō”
  • Chinese: “長岡京”
  • Chinese: “长冈京”
  • Czech: “Nagaoka-kjó”
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  • French: “Nagaokakyo”
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  • Indonesian: “Nagaoka-kyō”
  • Indonesian: “Nagaokakyo”
  • Italian: “Nagaoka-kyō”
  • Japanese: “袖岡正清”
  • Japanese: “長岡京”
  • Korean: “나가오카쿄”
  • Malay: “Nagaoka-kyō”
  • Persian: “ناگائوکا-کیو”
  • Polish: “Nagaoka-kyo”
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  • Portuguese: “Nagaoka-kyō”
  • Russian: “Нагаокакё”
  • Slovenian: “Nagaoka-kjo”
  • Spanish: “Nagaoka kyo”
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