Keage Incline lies at the Kyoto end of Biwako Canal, and was an important transport route between Kyoto and Lake Biwa during the Meiji Era. A short rail system was constructed here to move boats over the change in level between Biwako Canal and the canal along Niomon-Dori. These days it is a tourist attraction, especially when the cherry trees are blooming in spring. If you are interested in the history of the canal there is a free museum behind the old red brick building nearby. Also Nanzenji and the old red brick aqueduct are nearby.
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Cherry Blossoms at Keage Incline
Spring beauty at the end of Lake Biwa Canal
By Cathy Cawood
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Veronika Tomanova
9 years ago
The rail looks so amazing with the flowers, really!
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