Nijō Street

Intersection of Nijō Street and Kiyamachi Street, facing west.
Kyoto City Zoo.
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art.
Nijō Castle.

Nijō Street (二条通 にじょうどおり Nijō dōri) is a major street that crosses the center of the city of Kyoto from east to west, running for approximately 3.5 km from Shirakawa Street (east) to the Nijō Castle (west).[1]

History

Current day Nijō Street corresponds to the Nijō Ōji of the Heian-kyō, which according to records had a total wide of 51 meters (actual road section 43.8 meters wide), being the second widest road of the time, after the Suzaku Avenue.[2]

During the Edo period it was a drugstore district with the approval of the Tokugawa shogunate[3] and to this day some of these businesses still remain in the area.[1]

From 1895 to 1926, a tram operated by the former Kyoto Electric Railway ran on the street, between Teramachi Street and Jingū Michi Street.[1]

Present Day

Nowadays the section west of Teramachi Street becomes a narrow one-way road.[2] An important number of cultural, art and education related institutions are located in the vicinity of the street as well.[2]

Relevant Landmarks Along the Street[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "通りの達人 二条通 ～ そうだ 京都、行こう。～". そうだ 京都、行こう。 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  2. ^ a b c d "二条通 京都通百科事典". 京都通百科事典 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  3. ^ "知っているようで知らない京都の魅力再発見！ 「京の町あるき」一条通から九条通まで - クラブログ ～スタッフブログ～｜クラブツーリズム". clublog.club-t.com. Retrieved 2020-10-01.