…Heian-kyo (in the center of the present-day…

794 CE

…Heian-kyo (in the center of the present-day city of Kyoto).

Reasons cited for this move include frequent flooding of the rivers that had promised better transportation; disease caused by the flooding, affecting the empress and crown prince; and fear of the spirit of the late Prince Sawara.

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