Bright is the edge of the water at Biwako Lake with the spring sunlight dancing and shining on it.
I was enjoying such a view through the train window, but my heart was also being joggled with the expectation of my trip to Kyoto.
Kyoto is an alluvial fan surrounded by mountains to the east, the west and the north.
The topography of an alluvial fan usually holds the rich riverbed water or the water vein.
Kyoto is no exception.
The Takano River and the Kamogawa River, which both rise from the northern hills, soon join together to flow down southward through Kyoto City.
However, the characteristic of Kyoto that is conspicuously different from other alluvial fans would be that the water vein spreads reticulately under these two rivers.
Kyoto is precisely a city floating on rich riverbed water.
Some specialists say that the reason why the city of Kyoto flourished for over 1000 years is that the capital lies in its rich water resources, in the same way that ancient Rome flourished.<%2