nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: The Kamiza where the Shogun was seated is decorated with oshi-ita, tana, shoin and chodaigamae (a decorative door) or mushakakushi (a secret door for bodyguards), and it is on the highest of the several stages of floors arranged in ascending order from shimoza, with a high-ranked structure called oriage gotenjo.
Japanese: 将軍の座る上座は押板、棚、書院、帳台構（武者隠し）によって荘厳されており、また下手から見ると床面が徐々に高くなり、上座は折上格天井という格式の高い造りになっている。
English: Although tokonoma were restricted as they were considered too lavish for ordinary people in the Edo Period, some influential people were allowed to build tokonoma when inviting local governors to their homes for example.
Japanese: 江戸時代には庶民の住まいに床の間は贅沢であるとして統制が加えられていたが、名主相当の有力者の場合（代官を自宅に迎えるような場合）、床の間を許されたものもある。
English: As these building restrictions based on social standing were abolished in the Meiji Period, installing tokonoma in ordinary houses became common.
Japanese: 明治時代になり、基本的に身分による建築統制は撤廃され、庶民住宅にも床の間が作られるのが当たり前になっていった。
English: Yet, a zashiki with a tokonoma was a special room, so even family members were forbidden to enter the room in many families.
Japanese: それでも、床の間のある座敷は一種特別な部屋であり、ふだんは家族でも立ち入れない場所になっていた事例も多い。
English: Shoryuji-jo Castle was a castle that existed in Nagaokakyo City, Kyoto Prefecture between the the Northern and Southern Court and early Edo periods.
Japanese: 勝竜寺城（しょうりゅうじじょう）は、現在の京都府長岡京市に所在した、南北朝時代から江戸時代初期の城である。
English: In 1339, Yoriharu HOSOKAWA who was a Hokucho supporter built this castle to confront the Nancho army that was moving towards Kyoto.
Japanese: 1339年(暦応2年)、京都をうかがう南朝方に対抗するため、北朝方の細川頼春が築いた城。
English: Since the location was strategically very important, with Saigoku Kaido to the west, Koganawate to the east, and good transportation provided by the Yodo-gawa River to the south, many military lords battled for the castle later in history.
Japanese: 西に西国街道、東に久我畷、南に淀川の水運をうかがう要地であるため、そののちも各勢力の争奪の舞台となる。
English: In the Sengoku Period (Period of Warring States), Mototsune HOSOKAWA of the HOSOKAWA clan held it, and later, Tomomichi IWANARI, a chief retainer of the MIYOSHI clan, became its owner.
Japanese: 戦国時代には細川氏の細川元常、続いて三好氏重臣岩成友通が城主となる。
English: In 1571, Yusai HOSOKAWA (the adopted son of Mototsune), who was given land at Nishioka in Yamashiro Province by Nobunaga ODA, became its owner, and renovated it into a formidable castle with a double moat.
Japanese: 1571年(元亀2年)、山城国西岡一帯を織田信長より与えられ、城主となった細川幽斎(幽斎、元常の養子)は二重の堀を持つ堅固な城に改修。
English: In 1582, Mitsuhide AKECHI, a relative of the HOSOKAWA family, made it his base for the Battle of Yamazaki, but eventually it fell.
Japanese: 1582年(天正10年)、山崎の戦いでは、細川家の縁戚でもあった明智光秀の拠点となったが落城。
English: In 1633, in the Edo Period, Naokiyo NAGAI was assigned to this castle (domain of Nagaoka in Yamashiro Province), and he did some renovation, but it was deserted in 1649 when he was transferred again to the domain of Takatsuki in Settsu Province.
Japanese: 江戸時代に入って1633年(寛永10年)、永井直清が封ぜられ（山城長岡藩）、修築をおこなうが、1649年(慶安2年)、摂津国高槻藩に転封されると同時に廃城となった。
English: In 1992, the remains of Honmaru (the castle keep) and Numatamaru (Numata area) were transformed into Shoryu-ji Castle Park, and towers were built in the style of the originals.
Japanese: 本丸および沼田丸趾が1992年(平成4年)に勝竜寺城公園として整備され、模擬櫓などが建造された。
English: The dry moat and earthworks remain from the original site at Kotari-jinja Shrine to the north-east of the castle.
Japanese: 往時の遺構としては、当城北東に位置する神足神社境内に空堀や土塁が残る。
English: The residential houses that have been built since the Meiji Period using traditional designs and construction methods are also included in this type of dwelling.
Japanese: 明治時代以降に建立された住宅で、伝統的様式・技法を用いたものもこれに含まれる。
English: Houses for middle or lower ranked samurai are also minka if they were built in the same manner as noka.
Japanese: また、中・下層の武士の住まいも農家と同様の技法が用いられているものは民家に含める。
English: In the modern Japanese language, relatively small sized detached houses are called 'minka' to distinguish them from collective housing such as housing complexes and condominiums.
Japanese: 現代日本語では、団地やマンションなどの集合住宅に対して、一戸建ての比較的小規模な住宅を指して「民家」と呼ぶことがある。
English: Minka are houses lived in by ordinary people, but in architectural history or in ethnology, minka means noka or machiya that are built with traditional designs (old ones are also called kominka) in particular.
Japanese: 民家（みんか）とは、一般の庶民が暮らす住まいのことだが、特に建築史や民俗学で、伝統的な様式で造られた農家、町家の類を指す（年代の古いものは古民家とも）。
English: In the way they were built minka reflected aspects of lifestyle, being closely linked to work (farming or commerce) and traditional events.
Japanese: 民家には建設された当時の生活状況が反映されており、生業（農業、商業など）や伝統行事と結び付いた要素が多く見られる。
English: Studying minka from the perspective of work and lifestyle, one is struck by what these reveal about the wisdom of ancient people.
Japanese: 民家を見る際には、生業や生活との関連から見ていくと、古人の暮らしに根付いた知恵に気付かされることが多い。
English: In recent years, the research and study of minka has extended to include the houses of the Meiji, Taisho, and early Showa Eras.
Japanese: 近年では、対象となる年代も広がり、明治・大正・昭和戦前期の建物まで、調査研究が行われることがある。
English: Minka are closely connected to everyday life, so many minka that have survived to today have been extended or reconstructed as was required at the time.
Japanese: 民家は生活に密着したものであり、今日まで残された民家は時々の必要に応じた増改築が行われているのが普通である。
English: If a minka has cultural value and is to be preserved, generally it will be restored to its original state when it was built.
Japanese: 特に文化財的価値があって保存措置が講じられる場合は、当初の状態に復元するのが一般的である。
English: (In contrast, some people say minka are alive and change, and those changes themselves show their history.)
Japanese: （これに対して、生きた民家は変化するものであり、そうした変化自体が一つの歴史を物語るものだ、という意見もある）
English: The oldest minka in Japan are the houses of the HAKOGI family and the FURUI family, both in Hyogo Prefecture, and they were already being called 'Sennenya' (a thousand year old house) in the Edo Period.
Japanese: 現在日本に残る最も古い民家と考えられるのは、いずれも兵庫県に所在する箱木家と古井家で、既に江戸時代から「千年家」（せんねんや、千年前の家）と呼ばれていた。
English: In fact they are not a thousand years old, but they are considered old enough to have been built in the Muromachi Period.
Japanese: 実際はさすがに千年は経っていないが、建立は室町時代にさかのぼるものと考えられている。
English: The following two houses are known to have been designated as (former) National Treasures as minka before the Second World War:
Japanese: 中でも、第二次大戦以前に民家として初めて（旧）国宝に指定された次の2件の民家が知られている。
English: House of the OGAWA family (Nijo-jinya) (Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture): being designated as an Important Cultural Property (former National Treasure) in 1944.
Japanese: 小川家住宅（二条陣屋）（京都府京都市）-1944年重要文化財（旧国宝）指定
English: Since the Kinki region historically used to be more economically developed than other areas of Japan, there are many minka that were technologically advanced with excellent designs.
Japanese: 一般に近畿地方方面が経済的先進地域であり、民家にも技術的、意匠的に優れたものが多い。
English: In the Kanto region, the following minka, residence of Tarozaemon EGAWA, Daikan (local governor) of Nirayama, is famous:
Japanese: 関東地方では韮山代官、江川太郎左衛門の屋敷として有名な次のものがある（重要文化財）。
English: House of the EGAWA family, Nirayama yakusho (government office) (Izunokuni City); part of its construction materials are said to be from medieval times.
Japanese: 江川家住宅、韮山役所（伊豆の国市）　一部に中世の部材も使われているという。
English: Some very old minka had wooden columns roughly whittled with chona (a hooked wooden tool with a metal blade used to shape wood), and were not finished with a plane.
Japanese: ごく古い民家では、柱をかんなで仕上げず、ちょうなで削ったままのものも見られる。
English: The older they are, the lower the eaves, and the more walls and columns they have, giving an impression of isolation.
Japanese: また、古いものほど概して軒高が低く、壁や柱が多く閉鎖的な印象を受けるものが多い。
English: Relatively new houses are equipped with elaborately worked wooden parts such as tokonoma and shoji doors, whereas old minka are simple and rustic.
Japanese: 床の間、障子戸などに細かな細工を施すのは比較的新しい時代の現象で、古い民家は素朴なものが多い。
English: In more recent years, a room was added to serve guests, and fusuma doors and other partitions were removed to make a large single room for many people at events such as weddings, festivals, funerals, and other ceremonies.
Japanese: 時代が下がると接客用の部屋も造られ、冠婚葬祭で人が多く集まる際は、戸や襖を開け放して部屋を広く使えるように工夫された。
English: Minka and work were closely connected: doma were used also to make ropes; the engawa or veranda for weaving; and silkworms were raised in the attic.
Japanese: 土間で縄をなったり、縁側で機織をしたり、屋根裏でカイコを飼うなど、住居と生業の結びつきが強い。
English: Machiya are small in width at the entrance and long in depth, often with a passage running through from the front of the house to the back.
Japanese: 間口が狭く、奥行きがあり、裏まで通り抜けの通路が設けられることが多い。
English: A reason for its small width is said to have come from the days when tax was imposed in accordance with the width of the entrance, and strip-shaped premises with the short side on the street are commonly seen in many regions.
Japanese: 間口が狭いのは、間口の大きさに応じて税金をかけていた名残だといい、道路に面して短冊形に敷地を取るタイプが各地に見られる。
English: The lifestyles of Japanese people have greatly changed since the Second World War, especially as a result of the ensuing period of rapid economic growth.
Japanese: 第二次世界大戦後、特に高度成長期以降は、日本人の生活スタイルも大きく変化した。
English: Minka parks where minka were transferred to and restored were constructed in many places in order to pass traditional Japanese culture down the generations.
Japanese: 伝統的な生活文化を後世に残すため、民家を移築復元した民家園などが各地に作られるようになった。
English: In many facilities today, they not only show the houses, but try to let visitors experience the lifestyle of the old days, such as by displaying contemporary articles of everyday use, lighting real irori, and reenacting traditional events.
Japanese: 単に建物を公開するだけでなく、当時の民具を展示したり、いろりに火をくべたり、伝統行事を再現するなど、より生活感を表し、来場者が身近に感じられるよう工夫をこらしている施設も多くなってきた。
English: The World Brick Museum is a museum in Maizuru City, Kyoto Prefecture that collects and exhibits bricks to show a wide variety of their features.
Japanese: 赤れんが博物館（あかれんがはくぶつかん）は京都府舞鶴市にある、煉瓦について様々な視点からの収集・展示を行っている博物館。
English: The building is a renovated arsenal torpedo warehouse previously owned by the Imperial Japanese Navy; it was originally completed in 1903 and is one of the oldest existing brick buildings having a steel structure in Japan.
Japanese: 建物は1903年（明治36年）に竣工した旧大日本帝国海軍の兵器廠魚形水雷庫のを改装したもので、現存する鉄骨構造の煉瓦建築物としては日本最古級とされている。
English: The museum exhibits a wide variety of bricks that were used in historical buildings around the world, introduces world famous brick buildings, and demonstrates the history and brick manufacturing methods in a theater which uses a brick kiln to reproduce the various kinds of bricks used within them.
Japanese: 館内では世界の歴史的建造物で使用された様々な煉瓦が展示されている他、世界の著名な煉瓦建造物の紹介、および煉瓦窯を再現したシアターで煉瓦の歴史・製法の紹介がされている。
English: Maizuru City has the largest number of existing pre-war brick structures in Japan, and some of these buildings such as a group of warehouses are lit up during the evening to create a fantastic and romantic view.
Japanese: 舞鶴は戦前の煉瓦建築物が日本で最も多数現存している町で、その一部倉庫群は夜間ライトアップされるため、幻想的でロマンチックな光景を観ることができる。
English: Biwako Sokui (琵琶湖疏水) or Lake Biwa Canal (since 疏 is not included in the national list of Chinese characters in common use, 疎 is also used as in 琵琶湖疎水) is a waterway that was built to transport water from Lake Biwa to Kyoto City.
Japanese: 琵琶湖疏水（びわこそすい、「疏」が常用漢字外であり「疎」に書き換えられるため琵琶湖疎水とも表記される）とは、琵琶湖の湖水を、京都市へ運ぶために作られた水路（疏水）である。
English: Although it is mainly used for tap water now, since it was completed it has been used for hydroelectric power generation (Japan's first commercial hydroelectric power) which contributed to Kyoto's modernization, such as Japan's first operation of electric railcars (Kyoto Electric Railway, which was later bought by Kyoto Municipal Streetcar).
Japanese: 現在は水道用水としての用途が最も多くなっているが、完成当初から水力発電（営業用として日本初）が行われ、その電力を利用した日本初の電車（京都電気鉄道、のち買収されて京都市電）が開業するなど京都の近代化に貢献した。
English: It was also used for freight transportation, connecting Lake Biwa (Otsu) and Kyoto, Kyoto and Fushimi, as well as Kyoto and the Yodo-gawa River.
Japanese: また、水運にも用いられ、琵琶湖（大津）と京都、京都と伏見・淀川を結んだ。
English: A railroad called Cable Car Incline (slope railway) was built to connect places of large difference in height, which allowed boats to be placed on a dolly to move on land.
Japanese: 高低差の大きい部分にはケーブルカーインクライン（傾斜鉄道）と呼ばれる線路が敷かれ、船を線路上の台車に載せて移動させた。
English: Although the inclines fell into disuse along with the demise of water transportation, part of the facilities of Keage Incline has been preserved (although they are currently not working).
Japanese: 水運の消滅に伴いインクラインはいずれも廃止されたが、蹴上インクラインでは一部の設備が静態保存されている。
English: The canal is now used for garden water for shrines and temples in the Higashiyama area, such as Murinan and the Garden of Heian Jingu Shrine.
Japanese: なお、現在でも無鄰菴や平安神宮神苑をはじめ、東山の社寺等の庭園の水としても利用されている。
English: Because the industry and population of Kyoto City declined after the Meiji Restoration and the capital was transferred to Tokyo, Kunimichi KITAGAKI, the third governor of Kyoto Prefecture, planned Lake Biwa Canal with irrigation, public water supply, transportation, and generating power for water wheels in mind.
Japanese: 明治維新と東京奠都に伴い京都市は人口が減少し産業も衰退したため、第3代京都府知事の北垣国道が灌漑、上水道、水運、水車の動力を目的とした琵琶湖疏水を計画。
English: In 1885, construction of First Canal or Dai-ichi Sosui started, and a part of the waterway that connected Otsu and the Kamogawa River confluence point, and another part Sosuibunsen Canal, which branches out at Keage, were completed in 1890.
Japanese: 第1疏水は1885年（明治18年）に着工し、1890年（明治23年）に大津から鴨川合流点までと、蹴上から分岐する疏水分線が完成した。
English: The construction of First Canal (connecting Otsu and the confluence point of the Kamo-gawa River) and Sosuibunsen cost \1.25 million in total, which was financed by communal industrial funds, prefectural expenditures, national bonds, municipal bonds, donations, and special taxes on the citizens of Kyoto City.
Japanese: 第1疏水（大津～鴨川合流点間）と疏水分線の建設には総額125万円の費用を要し、その財源には産業基立金、京都府、国費、地方債や寄付などのほか、市民に対しての目的税も充てられた。
English: Although hydroelectric power generation was not included in the initial plan, utilizing the ideas Tanabe and other engineers picked up during their study tour in the US, they built Japan's first hydroelectric power station, Keage Power Plant, and it started its operation in 1891.
Japanese: また、水力発電は当初の計画には無かったが、田邉らがアメリカで視察したアイデアを取り入れ、日本初の営業用水力発電所となる蹴上発電所を建設し、1891年（明治24年）に運転が開始された。
English: Using electric power from this plant, Kyoto Electric Railway started the operation of Japan's first streetcar which ran between Kyoto and Fushimi from 1895.
Japanese: この電力を用いて、1895年（明治28年）には京都・伏見間で日本初となる路面電車、京都電気鉄道の運転が始まった。
English: Construction of Kamogawa Canal, connecting Fushimi and the confluence point of the Kamo-gawa River, was started in 1892 and completed in 1894.
Japanese: 鴨川合流点から伏見までの鴨川運河は、1892年（明治25年）に着工し、1894年（明治27年）に完成した。
English: Later, with the goal of accommodating the water and electric power demand which First Canal was unable to meet, the construction of Second Canal, or Dai-ni Sosui, was started in 1908 as one of the three major projects of Kyoto City (the Second Canal, the water supply, and transport projects such as the city streetcar and expansion of main roads in the city), and was completed in 1912.
Japanese: その後、第1疏水でまかないきれない水道水や電力需要に対応するため、第2疏水が、京都市の三大事業（第2疏水事業、水道事業、市電開通及び幹線道路拡幅）の一つとして、1908年（明治41年）に着工され1912年（明治45年）に完成した。
English: Biwako Sosui prospered from transporting a huge amount of freight and a large number of passengers between Kyoto and Otsu, and between Kyoto and Fushimi, but due to the development of competing land transportation such as the Kyotsu Electric Railroad (later, Keihan Kyotsu) which started in 1912, Biwako Sosui's freight and passenger businesses both declined, and it abolished the passenger service and ceased operation of Keage Incline in 1948.
Japanese: 琵琶湖疏水は、京都・大津間および京都・伏見間の水運路として貨物・旅客ともに大いに利用されたが、1912年（大正元年）に開通した京津電気軌道（後の京阪京津線）など競合陸運の発展により旅客・貨物ともに衰退し、1948年（昭和23年）に旅客輸送は廃止され、蹴上インクラインも運転を停止した。
English: The flow runs through First Tunnel under Nagarasan Mountain to Yamashina Ward (this part in Yamashina Ward of Kyoto City is also called Yamashina Canal).
Japanese: 長等山を第1トンネルで抜け、山科区に出る（この第1疏水の京都市山科区の部分を山科疏水と呼称することも多い）。
English: It goes west along the north side of Yamashina Basin, runs through Second Tunnel and Third Tunnel, and reaches Keage to join Second Canal.
Japanese: 山科盆地の北辺に沿って西に進んだ後、第2トンネル、第3トンネルを抜け、蹴上に出て第2疏水と合流する。
English: This confluent point was "funadamari," or a harbor where ships rested, and from here ships used to travel by the Incline to Nanzenji-funadamari, another terminal.
Japanese: ここは船溜まりになっており、かつてはここから南禅寺船溜までの間、船はインクラインに載せられていた。
English: In Keage, Keage Purification Plant and Keage Power Plant produced tap water and electric power.
Japanese: 蹴上には蹴上浄水場、蹴上発電所といった施設があり水道水と電力を生み出している。
English: The main stream of First Canal runs from Keage-funadamari to Nanzenji-funadamari via Keage Incline, travels via Ebisugawa Dam and Ebisugawa Power Station, and runs south along the east side of the Kamo-gawa River to Sumizome Dam.
Japanese: 琵琶湖疏水（第1疏水）の本流は蹴上船溜から蹴上インクラインにより南禅寺船溜まで下り、夷川ダム、夷川発電所を経て鴨川東岸を南下し墨染ダムに至る。
English: From Sumizome Dam, it goes via Fushimi Incline (which does not exist today because it was used to widen National Route 24) to join Hori-kawa River.
Japanese: 墨染ダムからは伏見インクライン（国道24号の拡幅用地に転用され現存せず）を経て濠川とつながる。
English: From here, it goes through the Hori-kawa River (which runs through old Fushimi Harbor), or the Canal Discharge Channel, the Takase-gawa River, and empties into the Yodo-gawa River.
Japanese: ここからは、濠川（かつての伏見港を通る）もしくは疏水放水路・高瀬川を経て淀川に放水する。
English: A part of the path between Nanzenji-funadamari and the confluence point of the Kamo-gawa River is also called Oto Canal, and the downstream part from the confluence point, Kamo-gawa Canal.
Japanese: このうち、南禅寺船溜から鴨川合流点までを鴨東運河（おうとううんが）、鴨川合流点より下流の部分を鴨川運河と呼ぶこともある。
English: Sosuibunsen Canal branches out to the north from Keage, runs through Suirokaku (a high-rise waterway structure) over the precinct of Nanzen-ji Temple, goes north along the west side of Honen-in and Jisho-ji Temple (Ginkaku-ji Temple), runs 700 m parallel to Imadegawa-dori, and goes north again to Matsugasaki Purification Plant.
Japanese: 蹴上からは北に向かう疏水分線が別れており、南禅寺の境内を水路閣でまたぎ、法然院・慈照寺（銀閣寺）西方を通り北進し、その後700mほど今出川通と並走したのち、再び北進し、松ヶ崎浄水場へと流れていく。
English: The bank of Sosuibunsen Canal from Wakaoji-jinja Shrine to Jisyo-ji Temple (Ginkaku-ji Temple) provides a walking trail called Philosophers' Walk.
Japanese: 若王子神社から慈照寺（銀閣寺）付近までの疏水分線の堤は哲学の道という遊歩道になっている。
English: Second Canal takes water in at Mihogaseki just like First Canal, and almost all of it runs through tunnels (underground channels) until it joins First Canal at Keage.
Japanese: 第2疏水は第1疏水と同じく三保ヶ関で取水した後、ほぼ全線がトンネル（暗渠）であり、蹴上で第1疏水と合流する。
English: The reason that Second Canal was built underground is said to have been prevention from contamination so that it could be used as a drinking water source.
Japanese: 第2疏水が暗渠であるのは、水道水源としての利用にあたり汚染を防ぐためとされる。
English: Because technology used for the first time in Japan was applied to many sections of Biwako Sosui,it is a very valuable marker on Japan's path to modernization.
Japanese: 琵琶湖疏水には日本で初めての技術が多数取り入れられており、近代化遺産として非常に価値が高い。
English: The construction of First Tunnel used Japan's first vertical pits.
Japanese: 第1トンネルは日本で初めて竪坑（たてこう）を使って掘られたトンネルである。
English: A Pelton wheel for the power generator is displayed at Lake Biwa Canal Memorial Museum.
Japanese: 発電機に使われていたペルトン水車が琵琶湖疏水記念館に展示されている。
English: In the tunnel under Keage Incline, the bricks are arranged in a twisting manner, so it is called 'Nejirimanpo' (twisted tunnel) ("manpo" is considered a dialect word meaning tunnel).
Japanese: 蹴上インクラインの下を通っているトンネルの煉瓦はねじるような形で積まれており「ねじりまんぽ」と呼ばれている（まんぽとはトンネルの方言であると考えられている）。
English: People can enjoy beautiful riverside scenery of cherry blossoms in their season because cherry trees are planted along most of the canal sections without tunnels: Otsu City (in the neighborhood of the entrance of First Tunnel of First Canal): Yamashina Ward of Kyoto City (Yamashina Canal): and in Higashiyama Ward of Kyoto City (from the area around the Incline to the Kamo-gawa River).
Japanese: トンネルになっていない区間のうち、大津市（第1疏水第1トンネル入口付近）、京都市山科区（山科疏水）、京都市東山区（インクライン周辺～鴨川）のいずれも、沿線にサクラが植えられている区間が多く、花が咲く時期には水と桜の織りなす大変美しい風景を見ることができる。
English: Small pleasure boats sometimes cruise along the canal section on the south side of Heian-Jingu Shrine in the tourist season.
Japanese: 平安神宮南側の一部区間では観光シーズンなどに小型の遊覧船が就航することがある。
English: Proposals to operate pleasure boats along the whole section from Otsu to Kyoto have not been put into practice because there are too many tunnels.
Japanese: なお、大津から京都までの全区間に遊覧船に就航させてはどうかという提案がなされることがあるが、トンネル区間が多いことなどから実現されていない。
English: (Kyoto Chamber of Commerce and Industry is leading efforts to operate pleasure boats along the whole course including tunnels and to revive the Incline as the main project for the commemoration of 'the 120th anniversary of the completion of Sosui' in 2010.)
Japanese: （現在、2010年に迎える「疏水完成120周年」の目玉事業として、トンネル区間を含んだ遊覧船就航やインクライン復活が京都商工会議所を中心に検討されている。
English: There was opposition against building Suirokaku in the precinct of Nanzen-ji Temple as some feared it would be a threat to the beauty of the ancient capital (Yukichi FUKUZAWA was said to be against it), but Suirokaku is now famous as a typical scenic spot in Kyoto as it often appears in TV drama scenes.
Japanese: 南禅寺境内にある水路閣はテレビドラマの撮影に使われるなど京都の風景として定着しているが、建設当時は古都の景観を破壊するとして反対の声もあがった（福澤諭吉も反対していたという）。
English: Kyoto Tower is an observation tower which soars distinctively above the Karasuma central exit of Kyoto Station.
Japanese: 京都タワー（きょうとタワー）は、京都駅烏丸中央口前に一際大きくそびえ立つ展望塔。
English: Its distinctive style simulates that of a lighthouse illuminating Kyoto City in place of the sea.
Japanese: タワーの独特な姿は、海のない京都の街を照らす灯台をイメージしたもの。
English: A weather camera installed on the tower sends live images of Kyoto City.
Japanese: また、京都タワーにはお天気カメラもあって、現在の京都市内の映像が映し出される。
English: A large bathhouse in the third basement is popular with tourists arriving at Kyoto Station on overnight express buses.
Japanese: 地下3階には大浴場があり、京都駅に到着する夜行高速バスの利用客が多く利用している。
English: Kyoto Tower Co., Ltd. operates Kyoto Tower Hotel inside the Tower Building, its annex (Old Kyoto Dai-San Tower Hotel), and Kyoto Dai-Ni Tower Hotel.
Japanese: 京都タワー株式会社はタワービル内の京都タワーホテルのほか、同アネックス（旧京都第3タワーホテル）、京都第2タワーホテルも運営している。
English: Kyoto Tower Co., Ltd. is owned by its parent company, Keihan Electric Railway Co., Ltd., which holds a majority of its stocks.
Japanese: 京都タワー株式会社は、現在、京阪電気鉄道株式会社が過半数の株式を保有し子会社化している。
English: Keihan Electric Railway promotes 'the effective use of Kyoto Tower,' particularly stressing 'commercial renewal' in its future business plan.
Japanese: 京阪電鉄は、将来の事業計画のなかで、「京都タワー施設の有効活用」とくに「商業界リニューアル」を挙げている。
English: There has been controversy ever since its construction relating to the need for this kind of building in an ancient capital Kyoto.
Japanese: 建設当初から、古都である京都に、このような建造物が必要なのか、賛否が分かれている。
English: This is probably the reason that Godzilla destroys this tower with a heat ray in the movie "Godzilla versus MechaGodzilla" which was produced by a movie director from Kyoto.
Japanese: このためか、京都出身の監督による映画『ゴジラvsメカゴジラ』の劇中では、ゴジラの熱線によって破壊される演出が盛り込まれている。
English: Kyoto Tower's height, 131 m, stems from the population of Kyoto City at the time of construction: 1.31 million.
Japanese: 京都タワーが131mなのは、建設当時の京都市の人口が131万人だったからである。
English: Some people have raised doubts as to whether these stores are appropriate for such a Kyoto landmark.
Japanese: 京都のランドマークでありながらこれらの店舗展開を疑問視する声もある。
English: In 2005, some students at the Kyoto University of Art and Design established the 'Kyoto Tower Study Group (Tawaken)' as part of their graduation work.
Japanese: 2005年京都造形芸術大学の学生が卒業制作の一環で「京都タワー研究会（タワケン）」を設立。
English: Their public relations campaign in promoting the 'Kyoto Tower Exercise' helped to gain publicity for the tower.
Japanese: 研究会による「京都タワー体操」などの異色な広報活動により知名度・認知度が上がる。
English: The activities of Tawawa-chan and other interesting information about Kyoto are frequently updated on a blog with many images.
Japanese: 映像ブログにて、たわわちゃんの活動や京都の面白情報を随時公開している。
English: A mascot doll that was created for the 40th anniversary of the tower became the official mascot, called "Tawawa-chan" in December 2004.
Japanese: 開業40周年に合わせ作られたマスコットキャラクターが、2004年12月たわわちゃんとして正式に誕生。
English: One of the sections of the operation manual for the Wii entitled 'For Safety' (page 15) contains a depiction of Kyoto Tower amid a thunderstorm.
Japanese: Wii取扱説明書（準備編）の「安全に使用していただくために・・・」（15ページ）で雷が鳴っている風景に京都タワーが描かれている。