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Lake Biwa Canal Museum

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Japanese name: 琵琶湖疏水記念館

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Lake Biwa Canal Museum
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WHAT TO DOLake Biwa Canal Museum

The Lake Biwa Canal Museum in Keage. It tells of the canal that gave rise to Japan's first commercial hydroelectric power generation.

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Lake Biwa Canal Museum (1)AWA-NAO · CC BY-SA 3.0Lake Biwa Canal Museum (2)nobu3withfoxy from Iga,Mie, Japan · CC BY 2.0Lake Biwa Canal Museum (3)ブルーノ・プラス · CC BY-SA 4.0Lake Biwa Canal Museum (4)ブルーノ・プラス · CC BY-SA 4.0Lake Biwa Canal Museum (5)nobu3withfoxy from Iga,Mie, Japan · CC BY 2.0Lake Biwa Canal Museum (6)josef knecht · CC BY 3.0

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The Lake Biwa Canal Museum in Keage. It tells of the canal that gave rise to Japan's first commercial hydroelectric power generation.

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Field：Waterway, history of hydropower

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