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水郷 (suigou) Japanese meaning: waterside district | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 じ 字 Furigana
Kanji 郷 home town, village, native place Related words 水みず 辺べ 水辺 is a general term for waterside or waterfront, while 水郷 specifically evokes a scenic, often traditional district with rivers or canals.
運うん 河が 運河 means canal as a man-made waterway; 水郷 refers to the whole district or townscape built around waterways.
Etymology Compound of 水 (water) and 郷 (hometown, district). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used since at least the Edo period to describe scenic waterside settlements.
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Yanagawa is known as a beautiful canal town.
Tour the waterside district by boat.