Biwako Sosui Incline Two photographers take photos of the cherry blossoms along the Biwako Sosui Incline, Kyoto, Japan A photographer takes a photo of the cherry blossoms along the Biwako Sosui Incline, Kyoto, Japan A small girl looks on at the sakura (cherry blossoms). Biwako Sosui Incline, Kyoto, Japan People walk along the rail tracks below the cherry blossoms along the Biwako Sosui Incline, Kyoto, Japan Many visitors walk along the Biwako Sosui Incline to enjoy the sakura (cherry blossoms), Kyoto, Japan Because of a 36 metre difference in elevation between the upstream dam and its terminus, the Biwako Sosui Incline was built allowing boats to travel on land via rail lines sitting on a flat rail car. Kyoto, Japan A man walking inside the Biwako Incline Brick Tunnel. Biwako Sosui Incline, Kyoto, Japan