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Kyōbashi (京橋^?) is the name of a bridge as well as the geographical region around it. Two regions with this name exist, one is in Tōkyō and one lies in Ōsaka. It refers to a bridge connecting roads to the capital in castle towns.

[edit] Tokyo

This pillar, Kyōbashi no Oyabashira, is a remnant of the old Kyōbashi (bridge) in Tokyo.

Kyōbashi is a neighborhood east of Tokyo Station in Chūō, Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the city's oldest commercial districts, although it has since been eclipsed by Ginza to the south and Nihonbashi to the north. Kyōbashi and Takarachō stations provide subway service. Its name comes from the bridge that once spanned the Kyōbashi River.

The Kyōbashi, or Capital Bridge, linked the Ginza and the Kyōbashi neighborhood. Together with Nihonbashi, it was one of the famous bridges of Edo.^{[citation needed]} When the river was filled in 1959, the bridge was removed. Today, a pillar stands to mark the site of the old bridge.

[edit] Osaka

Kyōbashi also refers to the commercial district around Kyōbashi Station in Jōtō-ku and Miyakojima-ku, Osaka. The Kyōbashi area is named after the Kyōbashi bridge which was named as such because the bridge originally lead to Kyoto. Today there are many shot bars and love hotels in the area.