#nanzen-ji

[kayabuki]

南禅寺最勝院高徳庵 縁結びの松

by Suicasmo

[uroko]

京都の日本庭園 💚✨

[artschoolglasses]

Nanzen-ji

Kyoto, Japan

[merpmonde]

To end the "Canal Contraptions" mini-series, here's a brief look at the Keage Incline on the Lake Biwa canal in Kyoto. Located near Nanzen-ji and its famous aqueducts, it's apparently a popular sakura spot, not that I'd know visiting in July...

Boats were loaded onto wagons at one end of the slope, and hauled by an electric engine up or down before being unloaded back into the water at the other end. Thinking about it just now it sounded rather ludicrous to me, but I was picturing long European-style barges, but the boats of Meiji period Japan were probably not that big, as a picture of the surviving wagon shows.

We didn't go down to the incline, it was just something the friends I was travelling with that day brought up between Nanzen-ji and our next destination. Something to go back for...

[hi-technique]

[mike13mt]

Temple by hdwibaut

[thebestinphotography]

Kyoto#5 - Kyoto Aqueduct (I)

[kyotodreamtrips]

3 Days of Autumn Bliss, A Carefully Selected Travel Planner.

3 Days of Autumn Bliss, A Carefully Selected Travel Planner.

Three Days of Autumn Bliss in Kyoto!

Three Days of Autumn Bliss in Kyoto!

A few days ago, I posted my first travel guide book to Kindle and iBooks. I have carefully selected some of Kyoto’s most scenic autumn spots. This guide book will take you on a three day trip through the ancients streets of Kyoto. On day 1, we’ll walk along the Higashiyama range and downtown Kyoto. On day 2, to Northern…

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