The Uji area to the south of Kyoto is the setting for the 'Uji Jujo' (10 Uji chapters) of the "The Tale of Genji" and had been a place where nobility constructed their villas since the early Heian period.
京都南郊の宇治の地は、『源氏物語』の「宇治十帖」の舞台であり、平安時代初期から貴族の別荘が営まれていた。