<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKyoto ilikuwa mji mkuu wa kiutamaduni na kiroho wa Japani, na makao ya maliki wake wa zamani, kuanzia karne ya 8 hadi karne ya 19 wakati wa marekebisho ya Meiji.  <response>: For a thousand years, Kyoto served as the cultural and spiritual capital of Japanese civilization, the home of its revered emperors after the Nara period from the end of the 8th century up to the Meiji Restoration in the late-19th century. 