The is a canal in Kyoto

Kyoto

is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.-History:...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. It rises from Nijō-Kiyamachi, going along Kiyamachi Street, and meets the Uji River at Fushimi

Fushimi-ku, Kyoto

is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Famous places in Fushimi include the Fushimi Inari Shrine, with thousands of torii lining the paths up and down a mountain; Fushimi Castle, originally built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, with its rebuilt towers and gold-lined...

 port. The canal crosses with the Kamo River

Kamo River

The is located in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The riverbanks are popular walking spots for residents and tourists. In summer, restaurants open balconies looking out to the river. There are pathways running alongside the river on which one can walk along the river, and some stepping stones that cross...

 on the way. Today the south half is not connected with Kamo River.

History

It was dug by Suminokura Ryōi

Suminokura Ryoi

, also known as Yoshida Mitsuyoshi, was a merchant and shipper of Edo period Kyoto.Along with the families of Chaya Shirōjirō and Gotō Shōzaburō, the Suminokura family, whose merchant enterprise Ryōi founded, represented one of the three chief merchant families in the city in this period.-Life and...

 in 1611, during the Edo period

Edo period

The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....

, to transport various goods and resources in the center of Kyoto

Kyoto

is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.-History:...

. It made a great contribution to development of the city and economic growth at that time.

External links

35.012329°N 135.769986°W (Takasegawa Ichino-Funairi, 高瀬川一之船入, Japanese national memorial, 1st port near Nijō-Kiyamachi)

34.97319°N 135.764444°W (Takase River flows into Kamo River)

34.921473°N 135.753458°W (Shin-Takase River flows into Uji River)