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Kyoto
Japan · 35.0116, 135.7681
Imperial capital of Japan for a millennium.
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c. 1010The Tale of Genji
Murasaki Shikibu writes the world's first great novel.
1603The Birth of Kabuki
Izumo no Okuni performs a bold new dance-drama on a dry riverbed in Kyoto.
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