
Kyoto Tower is visible from miles away.
is one of the eleven
wards in the
city of
Kyoto, in
Kyoto Prefecture,
Japan. First established in 1879, it has been merged and split, and took on its present boundaries in 1955, with the establishment of a separate
Minami-ku.
Kyoto Tower and
Kyoto Station are major landmarks in Shimogyō-ku.
Shimogyō-ku has a population of 74,897 and an area of 6.82 km². Three rivers, Horikawa, Kamogawa and Takasegawa, are in the ward.