Online dictionary of history and traditions in Japan: Nagaokakyo

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Nagaokakyo

長岡京
alternative words: Nagaoka-kyo, Nagaoka kyo, Capital Nagaoka, Nagaoka
keywords: locality
related topics: Heijokyo , Heiankyo , Emperor Kanmu
related web sites: http://www.city.nagaokakyo.kyoto.jp , http://www.hi-ho.ne.jp/kyoto/nagaokakyo.html
explanation: When Emperor Kanmu surprisingly decided to leave Nara in spite of an opposition, he chose Nagaoka because 3 rivers joining there, it seemed an ideal place to build a capital. But after the move to Nagaoka in 784, a flood demolished the main gate of his palace and Nagaoka's weak point was discovered. In order to avoid a discontent of the people which might ask the return back to Nara, Kanmu immediately gave up Nagaoka-kyo and moved the capital to Kyoto in 794.