query: country ohmi railway taga line
supports: 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 China; 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. Lake Biwa, Japan'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 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 ) . , also known as Emperor Tenchi, was the 38th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Japan ("Nippon" or "Nihon" ; formally "" or "Nihon-koku", means "State of Japan") 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.  A World 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. 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 Chinese 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 Japan 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 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 Chinese 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"). 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 Japan. 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.
candidates: china chinese japan world
answer: japan