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2008/7/sixteen

貞山運河　Teizan-unga　Teizan Canal

Teizan Canal, 46.half-dozen km in total length, is Japan'south longest culvert built along Sendai Bay, connecting the mouth of the Sometime Kitakami River and the oral fissure of the Abukuma River. The first section of the canal, which connected Matsushima Bay and the Abukuma River, was constructed in 1597 by the order of Engagement Masamune. After his decease, the extension works were continued. The canal was named after Masamune's Buddhist proper name.

Until the end of the 19th century, boats and ships were the main means of transportation in Nippon. After the Meiji restoration (1868), Domicile Minister, Okubo Toshimichi, asked the governors of the half-dozen prefectures in the Tohoku region about what they virtually needed. Every bit a event, he ended that construction of the canal to connect the Kitakami River, the main artery of the region, and the Abukuma River was indispensable for transporting rice. The construction was completed in 1884.

Today, information technology is used as an agricultural waterway and functions as a office of fishing ports. In the area along the canal from the Nanakita River to the Natori River spreads a fine seaside park, where a beautiful pino grove continues and a cycling road is equipped.

2008/4/7

はんだ山車まつり　Handa-dashi-matsuri　Handa Dashi (Float) Festival

Handa City located in the center of Chita Peninsula in the southward of Aichi Prefecture had been a flourishing port town since the Edo menses (1603-1868). Storehouses along the canal are withal in utilise today and brand a fine townscape.

Handa Spring Dashi (Float) Festivals, which proud 200-year history, are held in x districts of Handa City from early in March to late in May every twelvemonth, and Handa Dashi Festival is held in October once every 5 years, gathering 31 valiant floats in the city at one place.

The 1st Handa Dashi Festival was held in May in 1979, and and so the 2nd was held in 1987 as the 50th anniversary issue of the city. Since then the festival has been held in Oct once every 5 years to this day.

Decorated with gorgeous tapestries and elaborate carvings, the floats valiantly march throughout the metropolis, heading for the festival site. The scene of the all 31 floats gathering at i identify is overwhelmingly impressive.

Many other fascinating events such every bit the folk performing art prove, the citizens' parade and the local product fair are held all through the city. During the two-twenty-four hour period festival flow, the whole town is filled with enthusiastic festival mood under the fall sky.

2007/9/6

石井閘門　Ishii-koumon　Ishii Locks

A lock is a device for raising and lowering boats between stretches of water of dissimilar levels on river and canal waterways. It has a stock-still chamber whose water level can be varied.

Ishii Locks are located at the junction of Kitakami Canal and the Kitakami River in Mizuoshi, Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture. It was constructed to suit the water level of the culvert. These brick-made classic locks were designed past Cornelis Johannes van Doorn, one of foreign advisors hired past the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge, by the gild of Dwelling house Minister, Okubo Toshimichi, and was completed in 1880.

Information technology is a representative remaining structure of Nobiru Port, which was planned and constructed by the Meiji regime as the transportation base to develop the Tohoku region. It is as well an primeval case of modern locks that were synthetic all over the country from the Meiji to Taisho periods. Its historical value in civil engineering science engineering was highly esteemed and it was nationally designated as an Important Cultural Property.

2007/2/12

八幡堀　Hachiman-bori　Hachiman-bori Canal

Hachiman-bori is a culvert that was used to transport appurtenances for the flourishing trade of the wealthy Omi merchants (Omi shonin).

During the late Edo period, the culvert was as crowded as that in nearby Otsu, yet later World War Ii, it fell into decay, due to the development of onshore communication.

Hachiman-bori is 15m wide and 6km long. It was established when Hachiman-jo castle was built, first equally a moat for protection from enemies and second, as part of the urban planning of the castle town.

Alongside the culvert are white walls and quondam houses that prove the ostentatious wealth of the city back and so. Nowadays the canal has been re-constructed as a leisure venue with renovated piers etc.

2007/two/2

琵琶湖疏水の桜　Biwakososui-no-sakura　Cherry Blossoms forth Lake Biwa Canal

Lake Biwa Canal running through Enjoji-cho, Otsu Urban center, Shiga Pref. is a famous ruby-red blossom viewing spot. As contrasted to other red bloom viewing spots like Kiyomizudera Temple, which is crowded with tourists, cherry trees along this canal are loved by the local people. Lake Biwa Canal was built during the Meiji period to ship freight and passengers from Lake Biwa to Kyoto. Equally of today the culvert is mainly used for water supply for Kyoto citizens. Okazaki Canal running through Okazaki area, where the Swell Torii Gate of Heian Jingu Shrine, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Fine art, and Kyoto City Zoo are located, is as well known as a fine cherry tree viewing spot. At present river cruises in a Jukkoku-bune, a reproduced old-fashioned wooden houseboat, can be enjoyed in Okazaki area. The line of blood-red copse in total bloom in April is an exquisite view. The carmine blossoms along Lake Biwa Culvert provide us with the feeling of the bound.

2007/1/26

緒方井路　Ogata-iro　Ogata Iro Watercourse

Ogata Iro is a watercourse that was once used for irrigation and that passes through the boondocks of Ogata in Oita Prefecture.

The upper part of Ogata Iro was constructed in 1645 and the lower part in 1671, giving the watercourse its present shape. This agricultural watercourse was a lifeline from the mid-Edo period to the 1960s as it irrigated the fields belonging to the Ogata association.

At one time the watercourse became polluted with domestic waste, simply following a cleanup program in 1985, it even became a place used by children for swimming from the 1990s. Also, after the cleanup, fireflies started to appear. The watercourse and the watermill create a refreshing watery scene.

2007/1/11

水の路　Mizu-no-michi　Passages for H2o

It would exist considered too easy to dismiss passages for h2o every bit 'canals' or 'channels'. If at that place is a passage for water, and if I found it, would I always regard it as something that 'guides water'?
Since at that place is gravity on globe, h2o always moves from high places to low places. Sometimes that movement attracts people. As for water built-in in the high mountains, it might show usa its dynamism every bit a waterfall in some places. This water would then become a big, quietly flowing river, where we could see fish play through that clear lens.
H2o guides us humans, and ends up at the place called the ocean. In that location are many different forms of life in the body of water. In one case upon a time, we used to be a lifeform that belonged to the ocean.

2006/12/twenty

小樽運河　Otaru-unga　Otaru Culvert

Otaru has been Hokkaido'south main port since the Meiji period. During the Bunka era (1804-1818), Otaru flourished with herring fishing. In 1893, development of a canal, began due to the increase of ships and cargos involved in the herring industry. Afterward many twists and turns, the Otaru Canal was finally completed in September 1923. In those days, there were more than than 400 barges and, from far and wide, their lively sound could be heard. At the start of the Showa period, Sapporo, which was linked to Otaru started to rapidly develop and traffic on the Otaru Culvert declined. By 1955, the number of barges in the canal had decreased to about 100. In 1966, the Otaru Harbor Line Road was completed and an social club was passed for the reclamation of the Otaru Canal. However, many people were against the order, which was disputed for16 years. In the terminate, half the southern side of the canal was redeemed. Today, stone warehouses take been turned into shops and museums and the gas lamps built along the canal romantically illuminate the h2o of the Otaru Canal.

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