Kyoto (; Japanese: , Kyōto ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu. , the city had a population of 1.46 million, making it the ninth-most populous city in Japan. More than half (56.8%) of Kyoto Prefecture's population resides in the city. The city is the cultural anchor of the substantially larger Greater Kyoto, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 3.8 million people. It is also part of the even larger Keihanshin metropolitan area, along with Osaka and Kobe.
Kyoto (; Japanese  Kyōto ) officially  is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu  the city had a population of 146 million making it the ninth-most populous city in Japan More than half (568%) of Kyoto Prefecture's population resides in the city The city is the cultural anchor of the substantially larger Greater Kyoto a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 38 million people It is also part of the even larger Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe