https://www.alojapan.com/1234423/kyoto-from-the-water-sacred-sites-and-sun-dappled-canals/ Kyoto from the Water: Sacred Sites and Sun-Dappled Canals #BicyclesAndBicycling #BoatsAndBoating #canals #Cruises #Kyoto #KyotoJapan #KyotoTopics #rivers #sake #TravelAndVacations #京都 #京都府 For more than a millennium, Kyoto flourished as the imperial capital of Japan. But in a seismic upheaval known as the Meiji Restoration, in which feudal shogunates gave way to a modern nation-state, the capital was moved to Tokyo in 1868. And Kyoto fell int…