Former Japanese capital
The crossword clue "Former Japanese capital" is answered by KYOTO, a 5-letter entry. Used 17 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
KYOTO
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the KYOTO answer page.
Used 17 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for KYOTO
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- Former capital of Japan - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Japanese city - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Honshu city - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Japan's cultural center - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
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