Muromachi Street

Muromachi Street (室町通, Muromachi-dōri) is a street in Kyoto, Japan. Originally a path called Muromachi kōji (室町小路) in Heian-kyō, the ancient capital that preceded Kyoto, it lies to the west of Karasuma Street () and runs north-south from Kitayama Street () in Kita-ku to Kuzebashi Street () in Minami-ku. En route, it is blocked by Higashi Hongan-ji Temple and Kyoto Station.

In 1378, near where Imadegawa Street now intersects Muromachi Street (Muromachi-dōri Imadegawa (室町通今出川)), the third shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu established the Hana-no Gosho (, Flower Palace, also known as Muromachi-dono (, Muromachi Palace)), a luxurious palace that became the political and cultural center of the country. 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 Onin War (1467–1477), during which Kyoto disintegrated into the two areas Kamigyō and Shimogyō. After the war, Muromachi Street was the only road between them.

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