🇯🇵 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.
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, USALocations Near: Jōyō 135.767,34.85
🇯🇵 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
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