The town names of Kyoto City are categorized into those using their former village names or former Oaza (large section of village) such as 'Ohara Raikoin-cho' (in this case, 'Ohara' is the former name) and those using an independent name of a town such as 'Kameya-cho' and 'Kikuya-cho,' and all of the town names in Kamigyo Ward uses independent town names.
京都市内の町名には「大原来迎院町」のように旧村名、旧大字名に由来する地名（前記例の場合は「大原」）を冠称するものと、「亀屋町」「菊屋町」のような単独町名とがあるが、上京区内の町名はすべて単独町名である。