A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

KYOTO

Thu, 20 Mar '25
Former world capital that's an anagram of its country's current capital
Tue, 27 Aug '24
Former capital of Japan
Sun, 4 Feb '24
Capital of Japan until 1868
Tue, 8 Aug '23
City with the Temple of the Golden Pavilion
Thu, 4 Aug '22
Home of Nijo Castle, built by the Tokugawa shogunate
Tue, 7 Dec '21
Capital of Japan for more than a thousand years
Wed, 1 Dec '21
Where Nintendo is headquartered
Thu, 19 Aug '21
Home to the golden pavilion known as Kinkaku-ji