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==North-South Roads, listed from West to East==
==North-South Roads, listed from West to East==
[[File:Shijo-muromachi.jpg|right|thumb|500px|The Shijô-Muromachi area in the 1570s-1580s, as seen in a scale model at the National Museum of Japanese History]]
*'''Horikawa-dôri''' (堀川通) is one of the major north-south avenues in the city, and runs largely parallel to the [[Horikawa River]]. In the [[Heian period]], the street was called Horikawa-ôji, and divided into two - Higashi (East) Horikawa-dôri and Nishi (West) Horikawa-dôri - flanking the river, which was a major waterway for the transportation of goods and commodities. A lumber market, and surrounding neighborhood of lumber merchants' residences, was found alongside the Horikawa at that time. Today, much of the Horikawa has been placed underground.
*'''Horikawa-dôri''' (堀川通) is one of the major north-south avenues in the city, and runs largely parallel to the [[Horikawa River]]. In the [[Heian period]], the street was called Horikawa-ôji, and divided into two - Higashi (East) Horikawa-dôri and Nishi (West) Horikawa-dôri - flanking the river, which was a major waterway for the transportation of goods and commodities. A lumber market, and surrounding neighborhood of lumber merchants' residences, was found alongside the Horikawa at that time. Today, much of the Horikawa has been placed underground.