Fushimi-ku (Kyoto)

Fushimi-ku Municipality of Kyoto
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Coordinates	34 ° 56 '9 "  N , 135 ° 45' 41"  O Coordinates: 34 ° 56 '9 "  N , 135 ° 45' 41"  E
surface	61.62 km²
Residents	277,421 (Oct 1, 2019)
Population density	4502 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation	April 1, 1931 (9 municipalities)
Community key	26109-2
Administration address	681, Higashikumichō, Fushimi-ku, Kyōto 612-8511

Fushimi-ku ( Japanese 伏 見 区 ) is one of eleven boroughs ( ku ) of Kyōto , Japan .

etymology

Although it is spelled differently today, the name Fushimi comes from fusu and mizu, which means "hidden water" or "underground water". Fushimi's water is particularly soft and an important part of a certain sake brewed here . The district had the second largest sake production in Japan in 2002 and is the seat of the sake producer Gekkeikan .

history

Fushimi-ku arose on April 1, 1931 from the incorporation of the independent city of Fushimi ( 伏 見 市 , - shi ), the city of Fukakusa ( 深 草 町 , - chō ), the villages of Horiuchi ( 堀 内 村 , - mura ), Mukaijima ( 向 島村 , -mura ), Nōso ( 納 所 村 , -mura ), Shimotoba ( 下 鳥羽 村 , -mura ), Takeda ( 竹 田村 , -mura ) and Yokoōji ( 横 大路 村 , -mura ) each from the district of Kii and the village Daigo ( 醍醐 村 , -mura ) from Uji County .

Attractions

Fushimi Inari Shrine, with thousands of torii lining the uphill and downhill paths, is one of the most famous places in the district : Fushimi Castle, originally built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi , with its restored towers and gold-decorated tea room, and the Teradaya, an inn, at the Sakamoto Ryōma was attacked and injured. Furthermore, the Gokogu Shrine, which houses a stone used in the construction of Fushimi Castle. The shrine's water is famous in Japan as one of the best and clearest in the country. In the district of Yodo-honmachi there are also the ruins of Yodo Castle .

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  The Teradaya Inn

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  Fushimi Castle

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Japan's number one sake production - realities on sake in Kansai. In: Kansai Window. Kansai International Public Relations Promotion Office, 2002, archived from the original on April 25, 2009 ; accessed on March 5, 2012 (English). 

Web links

Commons : Fushimi-ku, Kyoto  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• official website (Japanese)