Muromachi Street

En route, it is blocked by Higashi Hongan-ji Temple and Kyoto Station.

Today, its location is commemorated by a stone marker in what was its southwestern corner and relics from excavations in the area are held in the Kanbai-kan (寒梅館, Winter Plum Hall) of Dōshisha University.

The Ashikaga (Muromachi) shogunate prospered until the Ōnin War (1467–1477), during which Kyoto disintegrated into the two areas Kamigyō and Shimogyō.

During the Edo period, Muromachi Street saw the growth of kimono wholesalers, some of which survive today.

Each July, districts centered on the intersection between Muromachi Street and Shijō Street (Shijō Muromachi (四条室町)) in Shimogyō build floats (yamaboko (山鉾)) to parade during the Gion Matsuri festival.