Kyoto - Wikipedia . Kyoto (/ k i ˈ oʊ t oʊ, ˈ k j oʊ t oʊ /; Kyōto, Japanese: [kʲoꜜːto] ()), officially Kyoto City (, Kyōto-shi, Japanese: [kʲoːtoꜜɕi] ()), is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan.Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe.As of 2018, the city had a population ...