Miaco, or Meaco, a city of Japan, and the ecclesiastical capital of the empire, is situated near the S. coast of the island of Nippon, about 240 miles W.S.W. of Yedo; Lat. 35. 24. N.; Long. 153. 30. E. The town stands in a wide plain, bounded in all directions by hills covered with trees and gardens, and is 4 miles in length by 3 in breadth. The houses are built for the most part of wood, and are two storeys in height; the streets are regular but narrow. The principal buildings of Miako are palaces and temples, both of which are very numerous, there being, it is said, 130 of the former, and not less than 6000 of the latter. Of the temples, the most remarkable are the Fokori, an edifice of white marble, with numerous pillars of cedar wood in the interior, and a large statue of Buddha; and the temple of Kwanwon, which has an image of that deity even larger than that of Buddha. The Mikado, or ecclesiastical emperor of Japan, resides, with his attendants the Dairi, in a part of the town divided from the rest by walls and ditches. The court of this emperor, which is composed of all the most learned men in Japan, is in fact the principal college in the empire; and the greater part of the books published in Japan come from the Dairi and other learned men in Miako. The town is also remarkable as the chief seat of the manufacturing industry of Japan; the principal articles being carved ornaments and japanned wares. Pop. believed to be between 500,000 and 1,000,000.