The city planning was based on the jobo system (a series of avenues running at right angles to each other marked out the system) and was constructed with Ichijo to Kujo-oji Street running through east to west, from Suzaku-oji Street and Ichibo to Shibo Streets in Sakyo running through north to south, and from Ichibo to Shibo Street in Ukyo.
東西軸には一条から九条大路、南北軸には朱雀大路と左京一坊から四坊、右京一坊から四坊の大通りが設置された条坊制の都市計画である。