The Philosophers Walk is about 2km long and runs along a canal

            A final look at the Philosophers Walk/ Path. The trail is about 2km long and runs along this canal. This canal, which the path follows, is part of the Lake Biwa Canal which tunnels 20 km through the mountains to Lake Biwa in the nearby Shiga Prefecture. The canal was built during the Meiji Period in order to revitalize the stagnating local economy and was used to power Japan's first hydroelectric power plant. A beautiful aqueduct, which is part of the canal, can be seen around Nanzenji- I did not go there on this trip. The Philosopher's Walk/ Path actually begins around Ginkakuji (Silver Pavilion) and ends in the neighborhood of Nanzenji district. The path gets its name due to Nishida Kitaro, one of Japan's most famous philosophers, who was said to practice meditation while walking this route on his daily commute to Kyoto University. (Kyoto, Japan, Apr/ May 2019)
   

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Sets appears in: • Kyoto, Japan. Apr-May 2019

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