The Biwako Canal flows from Otsu to Kyoto and was built in 1890 with a beautiful brick-made bridge, Suiro-kaku in the precincts in Nanzen-ji Temple. The water supplied from Biwako Lake is used in Kyoto for city water, irrigation, electrical power plant, as well as for transport a century ago. Now you can enjoy a pleasant walk from Keage Subway Station to Nanzen-ji Temple along the waterway of this canal. Nejirimanbo tunnel is just under the slope railway “incline” and Suiro-kaku Bridge is an impressive brick structure in Nanzen-ji Temple.
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Kyoto Suiro-kaku Walk
Walkway along the Biwako Canal to Nanzen-ji Temple
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Suiro-kaku Bridge in Nanzen-ji Temple
Nejirinbo tunnel under the slope railway “incline”
Remaining tracks of the slope railway
Historical site on the railway
Old waterpipe is now children’s playtoy
Biwako Canal
Biwako Canal running through the forest
Water reservoir
Pleasant walkway along the canal
Arch of the Suiro-kaku Bridge
Beautiful structure of Suriro-kaku Bridge
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