京都白川疎水を自転車でKyoto, an inland city, has an interesting and fairly extensive network of canals.
It does not compare to Osaka, once known as the Venice of Asia.
Still, for cyclists the canals provide a winding, often car-free alternative for getting around the city.
In particular, the Shirakawa Canal is a gem of a ride.
One section of it winds from Nanzenji Temple, in the Higashiyama hills of eastern Kyoto, along the Philosophers Path, before cutting west.
It runs literally into the Takano River, then continues on the opposite bank running close to the city's Botanical Gardens, and then ends by flowing into the Kamo River.
The canal is part of a large public works project begin at the end of the 19th century to bring water from Lake Biwa into Kyoto. The canals also served as sources of electricity generation and for transportation.
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