Subsequently, the road plan under the Municipal Improvement Act (roads under the City Planning Act) and the construction of city trams were carried out, and the population of Kyoto City exceeded a million some time after the city absorbed the surrounding municipalities such as Fushimi City (the central part of the present-day Fushimi Ward) in the first year of the Showa period.
それに続く形で市区改正道路（都市計画道路）事業と市電の敷設が進められ、昭和初年には、伏見市（現在の伏見区中心部）など周辺の市町村を編入し、ほどなく人口も100万人を超えた。