Lake Biwa Canal (Lake Biwa Canal) - Biwakosui

Japanese: 琵琶湖疎水(琵琶湖疏水) - びわこそすい

A waterway that runs from Lake Biwa to Kyoto City. The first canal (8.7 km) takes in water at Mihogasaki, Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture, passes through a tunnel under Nagarayama, passes through the foothills of the northern part of the Yamashina Basin, passes through a tunnel again under Hinooka, and exits at Keage in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City. The second canal (7.4 km) runs through a tunnel on almost the entire north side, and merges with the first canal at Keage. From Keage, it heads west, flows south along the east bank of the Kamo River, and reaches Fushimi, while a branch line heads north from Keage along the foothills of Higashiyama, flows west through Shimogamo, and reaches Horikawa.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

琵琶湖から京都市内に向けて引かれた水路。第1疎水(8.7km)は滋賀県大津市三保ヶ崎で取水し，長等（ながら）山をトンネルで抜け，山科盆地北部の山麓を通り，日ノ岡を再びトンネルでくぐって京都市東山区蹴上（けあげ）に出る。第2疎水(7.4km)はその北側をほぼ全線トンネルで通じ，蹴上で第1疎水と合流している。蹴上からは西に向かい，鴨川東岸を南流して伏見に至り，支線は蹴上から東山山麓を北上し，下鴨を西流して堀川に至る。

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