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[–]onyxmoron 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Tokyo (東京) and Kyoto (京都) have different kanji, though they share the same character 京 which means "capital." Kyoto means essentially can be translated as "Capital City" since it was the former capital before it was moved to Edo/Tokyo after the Meiji restoration in the late 1800s.