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*'''Teramachi-dôri''' (寺町通, lit. "temple district street") runs alongside the east side of the Imperial Palace grounds. It was known as Higashi-kyôgoku-ôji in the Heian period, and when the city was being reconstructed in the 1590s, Hideyoshi ordered many of the city's temples to relocate here. Thus, large stretches of the street are today lined with temples. A stretch between Nijô and Shijô is a much more commercial area today, with cafés, art galleries, restaurants, and, for a short distance, a bustling covered shopping arcade.
*'''Teramachi-dôri''' (寺町通, lit. "temple district street") runs alongside the east side of the Imperial Palace grounds. It was known as Higashi-kyôgoku-ôji in the Heian period, and when the city was being reconstructed in the 1590s, Hideyoshi ordered many of the city's temples to relocate here. Thus, large stretches of the street are today lined with temples. A stretch between Nijô and Shijô is a much more commercial area today, with cafés, art galleries, restaurants, and, for a short distance, a bustling covered shopping arcade.
*'''Kawaramachi-dôri''' (河原町通) is one of the city's main north-south avenues. The road was constructed in the early years of the Edo period, when the river's banks were reconstructed, around the same time as the [[Takase Canal]] was completed. During the Edo period, the northern section of the road was called Mikuruma-michi, and the southern sections Suminokura-dôri. During the [[Meiji period]], a streetcar line ran along Kawaramachi.
*'''Kiyamachi-dôri''' (木屋町通, lit. "street of lumber shops district") runs alongside the Takase Canal. The road was constructed in the early years of the Edo period, at the same time as the canal. At the time, merchants trading in lumber, charcoal, firewood, and the like all gathered their products here, hence the name of the street. Today, it is a major nightlife district, and has many cafés and boutiques during the day.
*'''[[Pontocho|Pontochô]]''' (先斗町) is a narrow pedestrian alley which is located between the west bank of the Kamogawa, and Kiyamachi-dôri, with which it runs roughly parallel. Established in the late 17th century, it remains a major [[geisha]] district today.
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