In Kitano-jinja Shrine, its vicinity and the southern suburb of Kyoto in the vicinity of Toba (suburb of Kyoto) where many detached palaces were built were becoming a new city with access to the Uji-gawa River or Yodo-gawa River.
北野神社とその周辺、さらにまた、多くの離宮が建てられた鳥羽(洛外)周辺の京都南郊もまた淀川や淀川と結びついて新たな都市的空間となりつつあった。