京きょう地ち

noun

former capital region; Kyoto and its environs

Historical term referring to the area around the former capital, Kyoto. Not used for modern administrative regions.

• 京きょう地ちはかつて日に本ほんの政せい治じと文ぶん化かの中ちゅう心しん地ちだった。

  The former capital region was once the political and cultural center of Japan.