Jōyō, Kyōto Prefecture, Kansai Region, Japan

Economy : Industry : Agriculture | Tourist attractions | Soccer

🇯🇵 Jōyō (城陽市) is a city located in Kyoto Prefecture, Kansai, Japan. It is halfway between Kyoto and Nara. It contains historical sites including the Shibagahara Tomb and Mito shrine. The city was founded on May 3, 1972.

Economy: Industry • Gold and silver thread

Gold and silver threads weaved into Kimono and Obi are produced at Joyo. Joyo produces 60% of all the gold and silver thread in Japan.

Economy: Agriculture • figs • sweet potatoes

Tourist attractions • Shoudoukanga-iseki • Aodani plum forest (青谷梅林) ◦ Currently about 10,000 ume trees are planted in this 20-hectare area, considered the largest in Kyoto Prefecture. A detailed origin of this ume grove is not known. It is known that in the beginning of the Medieval era (Kamakura period, 1185-1333 AD) a prince wrote a tanka to praise this ume grove.

Soccer • Kyoto Sanga F.C.(Association football) ◦ Sanga town Jōyō is an official training field for the Kyoto Sanga F.C., which belongs to the Japanese professional association football league, J. League.

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Jōyō has a population of over 76,869 people. Jōyō also forms one of the centres of the wider Kyoto Prefecture which has a population of over 2,579,921 people.

To set up a UBI Lab for Jōyō see: https://www.ubilabnetwork.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UBILabNetwork

Twin Towns, Sister Cities Jōyō has links with:

🇰🇷 Gyeongsan, South Korea 🇯🇵 Misasa, Japan 🇺🇸 Vancouver, USA
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North of: 34.85

🇰🇷 Tongyeong 34.854

🇺🇸 Greenville 34.856

🇯🇵 Suzaka 34.867

🇯🇵 Yawata 34.867

🇦🇫 Asadabad 34.867

🇦🇷 Ensenada 34.867

🇯🇵 Fujieda 34.867

🇯🇵 Uji 34.88

🇯🇵 Suzuka 34.881

🇩🇿 Tlemcen 34.883

South of: 34.85

🇯🇵 Taketoyo 34.85

🇩🇿 Biskra 34.85

🇰🇷 Geoje 34.85

🇯🇵 Tatsuno 34.85

🇯🇵 Takatsuki 34.845

🇯🇵 Minoh 34.833

🇩🇿 Saïda 34.833

🇯🇵 Shimada 34.833

🇯🇵 Nishio 34.833

🇯🇵 Gamagōri 34.833

East of: 135.767

🇯🇵 Kyōto 135.768

🇯🇵 Kashihara 135.799

🇯🇵 Uji 135.799

🇯🇵 Nara 135.8

🇯🇵 Tenri 135.833

🇦🇺 Port Lincoln 135.85

🇯🇵 Sakurai 135.856

🇯🇵 Ōtsu 135.895

🇯🇵 Kusatsu 135.967

🇯🇵 Moriyama 135.983

West of: 135.767

🇯🇵 Katsuragi 135.733

🇯🇵 Ikaruga 135.733

🇯🇵 Yawata 135.7

🇯🇵 Nagaokakyō 135.694

🇯🇵 Hirakata 135.65

🇯🇵 Higashiōsaka 135.645

🇯🇵 Kashiwara 135.633

🇯🇵 Takatsuki 135.629

🇯🇵 Neyagawa 135.629

🇯🇵 Hashimoto 135.621

Antipodal to Jōyō is: -44.233,-34.85

Locations Near: Jōyō 135.767,34.85

🇯🇵 Uji 135.799,34.88 d: 4.4  

🇯🇵 Yawata 135.7,34.867 d: 6.4  

🇯🇵 Nagaokakyō 135.694,34.92 d: 10.3  

🇯🇵 Hirakata 135.65,34.817 d: 11.3  

🇯🇵 Takatsuki 135.629,34.845 d: 12.6  

🇯🇵 Kyōto 135.768,35.011 d: 17.9  

🇯🇵 Neyagawa 135.629,34.764 d: 15.9  

🇯🇵 Nara 135.8,34.683 d: 18.8  

🇯🇵 Ōsaka 135.612,34.76 d: 17.4  

🇯🇵 Ōtsu 135.895,34.994 d: 19.8  

Antipodal to: Jōyō -44.233,-34.85

🇧🇷 Tubarão -49,-28.467 d: 19174.3  

🇧🇷 Criciúma -49.372,-28.678 d: 19174.6  

🇧🇷 Viamão -51.023,-30.088 d: 19187.2  

🇧🇷 Gravataí -50.983,-29.933 d: 19178.5  

🇧🇷 Rio Grande -52.099,-32.041 d: 19221.6  

🇧🇷 Alvorada -51.079,-30.001 d: 19176.7  

🇧🇷 Cachoeirinha -51.083,-29.95 d: 19172.6  

🇧🇷 Palhoça -48.667,-27.633 d: 19108.9  

🇧🇷 São José -48.617,-27.6 d: 19107.8  

🇧🇷 Porto Alegre -51.229,-30.028 d: 19167.8  

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