It still supplies water, generates power and boosts tourism. Lake Biwa is Japan's largest lake and lies to the east of Kyoto in Shiga Prefecture ...

The Lake Biwa Canal is a historic waterway constructed ... a pedestrian path that winds from Nanzenji temple to Ginkakuji along the canal and is best traveled during sakura season.

These include evening glow, snow, sails returning in the evening, rain, the autumn moon, temple bell, clear breeze and wild geese departing. In Japan, these elements are interpreted primarily in the ...

the Philosopher's Walk is a roughly mile-long pathway along the Lake Biwa Canal in the Higashiyama district of northern Kyoto. In the spring, the cherry trees overhang the canal blossom ...