Tanabe Sakuro

Education

He studied under Henry Dyer at the Tokyo Imperial University.

Career

The canal is partly underground and on the bank of the canal he built Japan"s first Hydro-electric power station. Sakuro had lost the use of his right hand in an accident, but he learnt to use his left hand to write and graduated in Engineering in his early 20"son

Achievements

• His most famous achievements are the canal from Lake Biwa to Kyoto city.