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Throughout the world there are many cities that were once national capitals but no longer have that status because the country ceased to exist, the capital was moved, or the capital city was renamed. This is a list of such cities, sorted by country and then by date.
While no laws have designated Tokyo as the Japanese capital, many laws have defined a "capital area" (首都圏, shuto-ken) that incorporates Tokyo. Article 2 of the Capital Area Consolidation Law (首都圏整備法) of 1956 states: "In this Act, the term 'capital area' shall denote a broad region comprising both the territory of the Tokyo Metropolis as well as outlying regions designated by ...
Pages in category "Former capitals of Japan" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
For instance, the capital of Suō Province occupied an area of 1 km², that of Bizen Province 850 m×850 m. [ 3 ] Inside or near the kokufu, there were also the most important religious sites of the province, the Buddhist provincial temples, kokubun-ji , one each for monks and nuns as well as the highest ranked Shinto shrine, Ichinomiya .
This is a list of cities that once served as the capital of their respective countries, until the countries' governments relocated the capitals elsewhere. Not included in this category are: Former capitals of countries that no longer exist (see Category:Capitals of former nations ), unless they were also capitals of yet-existing countries.
In Japan, a prefectural capital is officially called todōfukenchō shozaichi (都道府県庁所在地, "seat of a prefectural government", singular: 都庁所在地,tochō shozaichi in the [Tōkyō]-to, 道庁所在地, dōchō shozaichi in the [Hokkai]-dō, 府庁所在地, fuchō shozaichi in -fu, 県庁所在地, kenchō shozaichi in -ken), but the term kento (県都, "prefectural capital ...
Map of Fujiwara-kyō. Fujiwara-kyō (藤原京) was the Imperial capital of Japan for sixteen years, between 694 and 710. It was located in Yamato Province (present-day Kashihara in Nara Prefecture), having been moved from nearby Asuka, and remained the capital until its relocation to Heijō-kyō present-day Nara.
A movement in favor of returning the capital to Heijō-kyō arose in 810 AD, during a standoff over the emperor's succession. However, Emperor Saga thought that keeping the capital in Heian-kyō would be best for the stability of the country and resisted this movement, naming Heian-kyō "The Eternal City" (万代宮, "Yorozuyo no Miya").