Important Cultural Landscapes of Shiga
滋 賀 県 の 重 要 文 化 的 景 観Shiga · Important Cultural Landscapes
On Lake Biwa's eastern shore, the village of Iba is laced with stone-lined waterways fed by mountain springs, where houses rise straight from the channels.
On Lake Biwa's western shore, Ōmizo grew around water: a 1578 water castle using an inner lake as its moat, with Edo-era pipes and channels still in daily use.
In the snowy upper Anegawa valley of Shiga, four mountain hamlets meet three-metre winters with long-eaved houses, spring-fed channels, and pass-road crafts.
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