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A ___MASK30___ Heritage Site is a landmark which has been officially recognized by the United Nations , specifically by UNESCO . Sites are selected on the basis of having cultural , historical , scientific or some other form of significance , and they are legally protected by international treaties . UNESCO regards these sites as being important to the collective interests of humanity . History . Shiga was known as mi Province or Gsh before the prefectural system was established . Omi was a neighbor of Nara and Kyoto , at the junction of western and eastern ___MASK16___ . During the period 667 to 672 , Emperor Tenji founded a palace in Otsu . In 742 , Emperor Shmu founded a palace in Shigaraki . In the early Heian Period , Saich was born in the north of Otsu and founded Enryaku - ji , the center of Tendai and one a UNESCO World Heritage Site and monument of Ancient Kyoto now . Lake Biwa , ___MASK16___ ' s largest lake , is located at the center of the province . " mi " came from " awaumi " or " fresh - water sea " and the kanji of " mi " means " an inlet near the capital " ( See also Ttmi Province ). The is the last division of classical Japanese history , running from 794 to 1185 . The period is named after the capital city of Heian - ky , or modern Kyto . It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism , Taoism and other ___MASK54___ influences were at their height . The Heian period is also considered the peak of the Japanese imperial court and noted for its art , especially poetry and literature . Although the Imperial House of ___MASK16___ had power on the surface , the real power was in the hands of the Fujiwara clan , a powerful aristocratic family who had intermarried with the imperial family . Many emperors actually had mothers from the Fujiwara family . means " peace " in Japanese The Ohmi Railway Taga Line (  mi Tetsud Taga - sen ) is a regional railway line in Shiga Prefecture operated by Ohmi Railway . It connects Hikone city and Taga town . The single - track line is 2 . 5 - kilometre ( 1 . 6 mi ) long , connecting Takamiya on the Main Line in Hikone to Taga Taisha - mae in Taga . It is electrified at 1 , 500 V DC , and the track gauge is 1 , 067 mm ( 3 ft 6 in ) . Name . In Japanese , the city has been called Ky , Miyako , or Ky no Miyako . In the 11th century , the city was renamed Kyoto (" capital city "), after the ___MASK54___ word for capital city , '. After the city of Edo was renamed Tokyo ( meaning " Eastern Capital ") in 1868 , and the seat of the Emperor was transferred there , Kyoto was known for a short time as Saiky ( meaning " Western Capital "). Life . Early life . Saich was born in the year 766 in the city of mi , in present Shiga Prefecture , with the given name of Hirono . According to family tradition , Saich ' s ancestors were descendants of emperors of Eastern Han ___MASK14___ ; however , no positive evidence exists for this claim . The region where Saich was born did have a large Chinese immigrant population , so Saich likely did have Chinese ancestry . ___MASK16___ (" Nippon " or " Nihon " ; formally "" or " Nihon - koku ", means " State of ___MASK16___ ") is a sovereign island nation in Eastern Asia . Located in the Pacific Ocean , It is lying off the eastern coast of the Asia Mainland ( east of China , Korea , Russia ) and stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and near Taiwan in the southwest . , also known as Emperor Tenchi , was the 38th emperor of ___MASK16___ , according to the traditional order of succession .