Sanjō Street
{{short description|Street in Kyoto, Japan}}
Sanjō Street（三条通 さんじょうどおり sanjō dōri{{Cite web|url=https://www.kyototuu.jp/Geography/StreetSanjyouDoori.html|title=三条通 京都通百科事典|website=www.kyototsuu.jp|access-date=2019-06-07}}）is a major street that crosses the center of the city of Kyoto from east to west, running from Shinomiya in the Yamashina-ku ward (east) to the vicinity of the Tenryū-ji in Arashiyama (west).{{Cite web|url=http://jia-kyoto.org/children/sanjyohistry.html|title=Oʂނ̂b--zƎqin KYOTO--JIAs|website=jia-kyoto.org|access-date=2019-06-07}}
History
The street corresponds to the Sanjō Ōji street of the Heian-kyō, being at that time 30 meters wide.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sanjyo-kyo.jp/sanjyostreet.html|title=京のまちづくり協議会｜三条通について|website=京の三条まちづくり協議会|language=ja-JP|access-date=2019-06-07}} During the Muromachi period the Sanjō Bridge was constructed in order to facilitate the crossing of military horses. During the Edo period the Sanjō Bridge became the final point of the 53 stations of the Tōkaidō, being separated from Edo by a distance of 490 km.{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-kyoto.jp/sightseeing/a31/a31.html|title=京都三条通界隈｜三条通（さんじょうとおり）、京都文化博物館、三条大橋、東海道五十三次・京都観光コース・ざ・京都は京都観光や祭り行事の情報満載のポータルサイトです。|website=www.the-kyoto.jp|access-date=2019-06-07}} After the Meiji period several western style buildings were constructed along the street, many remaining to this day.
Present Day
Nowadays the street is a popular destination for both locals and visitors, as it hosts a large number of stores, shops, cafes and restaurants, as well as many historical buildings. It is also part of the route of the Kankō-sai procession part of the Gion Matsuri, held the 24th of July every year.
Relevant landmarks along the street
- File:Sanjo dori kyoto.JPGFile:Former Bank of Japan building, Kyoto Branch.jpgLake Biwa Canal
- Keage Incline
- Nanzen-ji temple
- Sanjo-ohashi Bridge
- Kamo River
- St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Kyoto
- Shikyōgoku Street
- Teramachi Street
- Art Complex Building (1928), currently GEAR (theatre show) venue
- Niwaka Building by Ando Tadao
- The Museum of Kyoto
- Building of the former Kyoto office of the Bank of Japan (1906)
- Nakagyō-ku ward post office (1902)
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation (NTT) Kyoto Branch
- Building of the Shinpukan (1926)
- Sanjō shopping street (三条商店街)
- Shimadzu Corp. headquarters
- Toei Kyoto Studio Park
- Arashiyama
= Railway Stations =
- JR West - {{STN|Yamashina|x}}
- Kyoto City Subway Tozai Line - Yamashina, {{STN|Misasagi|x}}, {{STN|Keage|x}}, {{STN|Higashiyama|x|Kyoto}}, {{STN|Sanjo Keihan|x}}, {{STN|Uzumasa Tenjingawa|x}}
- Keihan Railway Keishin Line - {{STN|Shinomiya|x}}, {{STN|Keihan-yamashina|x}}, Misasagi
- Keihan Railway Keihan Main Line, Oto Line - {{STN|Sanjo|Sanjō|Kyoto}}
- Randen Tram Line - {{STN|Nishiōji-Sanjō|x}}, {{STN|Yamanouchi|x|Kyoto}}, {{STN|Randen-Tenjingawa|x}}, {{STN|Kaikonoyashiro|x}}, {{STN|Uzumasa-Kōryūji|x}}, {{STN|Katabiranotsuji|x}}
External links
- [https://global.toei-eigamura.com/ Toei Kyoto Studio Park]
- [https://www.bunpaku.or.jp/en/ The Museum of Kyoto]
- [https://www.gear.ac/en/ GEAR]