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Lake Biwa Canal
Designed by a 23-year-old engineer: a tunnel bored through the mountains and an incline that hauled boats up the slope on rails.
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Ukimido, Katata
A hall projecting out over the lake, drawn by Hiroshige - a composition made of nothing but water and architecture.
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Samegai-juku
A spring-fed stream runs before every house on the old highway, its underwater flowers marking the water's purity.
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Taga Taisha
Hideyoshi endowed it praying for his mother's life; its steep stone bridge and study garden are designated scenic.
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Shirahige Shrine
A vermilion gate standing in the lake itself; water and gate alone complete the composition.
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Kabata of Harie
Spring water piped into each kitchen and used in strict order - drinking, washing, then carp - the plan of the house set by water.
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Tea Fields and Kilns of Koka
The valley they dug clay from and the hills they grow tea on lie side by side - two industries in one terrain.
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Inner Lakes of Biwa
Reed beds between lake and land; the cut reeds become blinds and roofs, tying landscape directly to craft.