Learn more about Kamigyo Ward
Enso Machiya is located in the heart of Kamigyo Ward (上京区, かみぎょうく), one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Historically, the ward was a district of residences for royalty, aristocrats, and the upper classes during the time of the old capital, Heian-kyō. Situated in the center of modern-day Kyoto, it once occupied the northern region of the ancient capital. The Kamo River flows along the eastern border of the ward.
Kamigyo Ward is home to the Kyoto Imperial Palace, the Kitano Tenmangu Shinto shrine, the Seimei shrine, the Nishijin-ori textile district, and the headquarters of the Omotesenke and Urasenke schools of Japanese tea ceremony.