By LISA VOGT/ Special to Asahi Weekly
February 8, 2022 at 07:00 JST
Lake Biwa Canal was built to transport water from Lake Biwa to the city of Kyoto. The canal was recorded as one of Japan’s Heritage of Industrial Modernization sites in 2007. (Photo by Lisa Vogt)
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