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[–] fireweed@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unfortunately this joke doesn't work in Japanese.

Kyoto: 京都 (pronounced: Kyouto) (lit: Capital City)

Tokyo: 東京 (pronounced: Toukyou) (lit: East Capital)

So while the "kyou" in Kyoto/Tokyo is the same, the spelling and pronunciation of the "to" is different.

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In China there is also Beijing (北京), the North Capital, and Nanjing (南京), the South Capital. The East Capital refers to Tokyo (东京)

Sadly the West Capital is called 西安 and not 西京.

[–] StephniBefni@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Well considering Tokyo was originally called Edo and Kyoto is still it's own separate city...

[–] LogicalSpace@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Kind of a confused meme.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Me, a Simpsons fan, backing slowly away from the history nerd fight