高瀬川Along Kiyamachi Dori (street), a former barge canal and now lovely river flows.
It is the Takase River, which has willows and other trees on its banks.
Before trains and automobiles ended the era of barge shipping, the canal was used to move goods from Kyoto all the way down to Osaka.
The canal runs roughly from Nijo Dori, just north of the Okura Hotel, down to a poor neighborhood northeast of Kyoto Station .
Kiyamachi itself is - except for late at night when the party begins - a good place to ride.
It has light traffic and is shaded.
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