Value Village ／ Shiga ／ Art & Crafts

Lake Biwa Canal（琵琶湖疏水）

びわこそすい Lake Biwa Canal

Photo: Mariemon at Japanese Wikipedia / CC BY 3.0 ／ Source

Designed by a 23-year-old engineer: a tunnel bored through the mountains and an incline that hauled boats up the slope on rails.

Type	Architecture
Genre	Architecture / Outdoor art / Land art
City / town	Otsu
Area in the prefecture	Konan

FAQ

Where is Lake Biwa Canal?: It is in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It is an architecture.
What can I see at 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. The focus is architecture, land art.
When was Lake Biwa Canal established?: It dates from 1890.