The sustainability is essential for healthy cities. There are many researches and practical initiatives proposed for sustainability of healthy cities. However, few ones may be validated and/or executed for such long time as more than 100 years which is desirable as the sustainable health of cities. This paper proposes study from history (i.e., Wen Gu Zhi Xin; an old Chinese proverb) of some cities, especially the city of Kyoto which was the capital till 100 years ago and is recognized as the spiritual home of Japan. This paper discusses some factors which are closely related to the sustainability of the healthy city by comparing it. with London, Paris and Suzhou which have also histories of more than 1000 years. This paper also discusses some essential factors to sustainable health cities, i.e., water and food resources from historical points of Kyoto.