INTERACTIVE MAP
Kyoto City elementary school district map
Covers seven Kyoto wards. Enter an address or town name to look up the elementary school district and zoom the map to the relevant area.
Open the school district map →RAISE A FAMILY IN KYOTO
Raise a family in Kyoto.
Do not choose a neighborhood based on schools alone. Population, supermarkets, hospitals, parks, childcare, stations, festivals, history, and housing-purchase or renovation support all help show what family life there will actually be like.
Starting with Kamigyo and Sakyo wards.
We bring Kyoto’s distinctive school-district culture and the realities of daily family life together on the same pages.
HOUSING SUPPORT 2026
Housing purchase & renovation subsidies
From buying an existing home as a family with children to insulation, windows, seismic upgrades and machiya renovation, see 2026 Kyoto City and national programs organized by purpose.
View housing & renovation subsidies →PICK 10
10 family-friendly neighborhoods in Kyoto
Compare ten areas—mainly in Sakyo and Kamigyo—by child population, parks, hospitals, transport, and shopping.
See the 10 areas →AREA 01
Kamigyo school-district & family guide
Gosho East, Nishijin, Kitano, and north of Nijo Castle: 10 current elementary school districts plus July 2026 population, childcare, healthcare, shopping, festivals, and history.
Explore Kamigyo →AREA 02
Sakyo school-district & family guide
Shimogamo, Kitashirakawa, Matsugasaki, Shugakuin, Iwakura and more: 19 current school districts plus local population, parks, childcare, hospitals, transport, and events.
Explore Sakyo →SYSTEM
Kyoto City family support
Medical subsidies for children, child allowance, pregnancy support, the open childcare program, housing-purchase support and more are summarized in the policy guide.
View public family-support programs →IMPORTANT
Recheck the school district once you have an exact address
Kyoto school attendance zones are defined by town name and lot number. When you find a property you are considering, confirm the address against official documents.
View Kyoto City’s official attendance zones →Kyoto’s idea of a “school district” can be a little complicated.
In Kyoto, today’s public-school attendance zones do not always match the historical “former school districts” still used for community activities. Our family guides therefore use current attendance zones for schools, the latest Kyoto City statistics for population, and appropriate community units for festivals and history.
Population figures are from the Basic Resident Register as of July 1, 2026, using Kyoto City’s latest published data by 2025 Census statistical area. These boundaries are not the same as school districts.