Lake Biwa Canal Cruise in Japan adds multilingual app

Trip down historic canal offers tourists new way to enjoy Kyoto area

Canal No. 1 was completed in the Meiji era (1868-1912) was built to revive Kyoto, which had fallen on hard times after the capital was relocated to Tokyo. (Photo by Kazuki Kagaya)

KAZUKI KAGAYA, Nikkei staff writer

June 11, 2023 10:00 JST

OTSU, Japan -- The Lake Biwa Canal Cruise is a small sightseeing boat with a capacity of about 10 people. The craft makes a round trip on the waterway between Kyoto and Otsu, and operates in the spring and fall.