Senbon Street

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Senbon Street (千本通; せんぼんどお; Senbon dōri[1]) is one of the major streets running from north to south in the city of Kyoto, Japan. It extends from the Takagamine area of the Kita-ku (north) to the vicinity of Nōso, in the Fushimi-ku (south).[2]

Suzaku Avenue of the Heian-kyō, shown in bold vertical line.

The section of present-day Senbon Street located between Nijō and Kujō streets[3] corresponds to the Suzaku Avenue, the central and most important road of the ancient Heian-kyō, which was 84 meters wide and approximately 4 km long.[4] Later, one thousand (千本 senbon) stupas were built as an offering and it is believed that because of this the current name of the street came to use.[1]

Relevant landmarks along the street

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