{"id":43770,"date":"2026-04-13T11:11:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T02:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/27_0045\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T11:17:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T02:17:21","slug":"27_0045","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/27_0045\/","title":{"rendered":"Keage Incline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The site of a former inclined railway built during the Meiji era to transport boats on the Lake Biwa Canal. Visitors can now walk freely on the abandoned tracks, and about 90 cherry trees are planted along the 580-meter line. In spring, cherry blossoms bloom as if covering the tracks, creating a nostalgic contrast between the railway heritage and beautiful flowers that went viral on social media, attracting many tourists from around the world for photography. Easily walkable along with nearby Nanzen-ji and Heian Jingu, it is a highly photogenic historic spot where you can simultaneously enjoy the retro atmosphere of modern heritage and the iconic cherry blossoms of Japanese spring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The site of a former inclined railway built during the Meiji era to transport boats on the Lake Biwa Canal. Visitors can now walk freely on the abandoned tracks, and about 90 cherry trees are planted along the 580-meter line. In spring, cherry blossoms bloom as if covering the tracks, creating a nostalgic contrast between the railway heritage and beautiful flowers that went viral on social media, attracting many tourists from around the world for photography. Easily walkable along with nearby Nanzen-ji and Heian Jingu, it is a highly photogenic historic spot where you can simultaneously enjoy the retro atmosphere of modern heritage and the iconic cherry blossoms of Japanese [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1326],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kyoto"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Keage Incline | Viewdory<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The site of a former inclined railway built during the Meiji era to transport boats on the Lake Biwa Canal. Visitors can now walk freely on the abandoned\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/27_0045\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Keage Incline | Viewdory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The site of a former inclined railway built during the Meiji era to transport boats on the Lake Biwa Canal. Visitors can now walk freely on the abandoned\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/27_0045\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Viewdory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-13T02:11:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-13T02:17:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ogp.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"V-trip admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"V-trip admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viewdory.com\\\/en\\\/27_0045\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viewdory.com\\\/en\\\/27_0045\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"V-trip admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viewdory.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cb1e0eb086de3caefb0e3bbe14cbbcb5\"},\"headline\":\"Keage Incline\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-13T02:11:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-13T02:17:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viewdory.com\\\/en\\\/27_0045\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":112,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viewdory.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Kyoto\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/viewdory.com\\\/en\\\/27_0045\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viewdory.com\\\/en\\\/27_0045\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viewdory.com\\\/en\\\/27_0045\\\/\",\"name\":\"Keage Incline | Viewdory\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viewdory.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-13T02:11:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-13T02:17:21+00:00\",\"description\":\"The site of a former inclined railway built during the Meiji era to transport boats on the Lake Biwa Canal. Visitors can now walk freely on the abandoned\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viewdory.com\\\/en\\\/27_0045\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/viewdory.com\\\/en\\\/27_0045\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viewdory.com\\\/en\\\/27_0045\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\u30db\u30fc\u30e0\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viewdory.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Keage Incline\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viewdory.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viewdory.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Viewdory\",\"description\":\"See Japan Before You Go.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viewdory.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viewdory.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viewdory.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Viewdory\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viewdory.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viewdory.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viewdory.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/Viewdory_logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viewdory.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/Viewdory_logo.png\",\"width\":697,\"height\":696,\"caption\":\"Viewdory\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viewdory.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viewdory.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cb1e0eb086de3caefb0e3bbe14cbbcb5\",\"name\":\"V-trip admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ab3d5473e9290908aeb171257c9ff47bcee0128667a34637241838eab19814ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ab3d5473e9290908aeb171257c9ff47bcee0128667a34637241838eab19814ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ab3d5473e9290908aeb171257c9ff47bcee0128667a34637241838eab19814ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"V-trip admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/viewdory.com\\\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Keage Incline | Viewdory","description":"The site of a former inclined railway built during the Meiji era to transport boats on the Lake Biwa Canal. Visitors can now walk freely on the abandoned","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/27_0045\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Keage Incline | Viewdory","og_description":"The site of a former inclined railway built during the Meiji era to transport boats on the Lake Biwa Canal. Visitors can now walk freely on the abandoned","og_url":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/27_0045\/","og_site_name":"Viewdory","article_published_time":"2026-04-13T02:11:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-13T02:17:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ogp.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"V-trip admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"V-trip admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/27_0045\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/27_0045\/"},"author":{"name":"V-trip admin","@id":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/cb1e0eb086de3caefb0e3bbe14cbbcb5"},"headline":"Keage Incline","datePublished":"2026-04-13T02:11:36+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-13T02:17:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/27_0045\/"},"wordCount":112,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Kyoto"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/27_0045\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/27_0045\/","url":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/27_0045\/","name":"Keage Incline | Viewdory","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-04-13T02:11:36+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-13T02:17:21+00:00","description":"The site of a former inclined railway built during the Meiji era to transport boats on the Lake Biwa Canal. Visitors can now walk freely on the abandoned","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/27_0045\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/27_0045\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/27_0045\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u30db\u30fc\u30e0","item":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Keage Incline"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/","name":"Viewdory","description":"See Japan Before You Go.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/#organization","name":"Viewdory","url":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Viewdory_logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Viewdory_logo.png","width":697,"height":696,"caption":"Viewdory"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/cb1e0eb086de3caefb0e3bbe14cbbcb5","name":"V-trip admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab3d5473e9290908aeb171257c9ff47bcee0128667a34637241838eab19814ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab3d5473e9290908aeb171257c9ff47bcee0128667a34637241838eab19814ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab3d5473e9290908aeb171257c9ff47bcee0128667a34637241838eab19814ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"V-trip admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/viewdory.com\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43770\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}