I was surprised the other day as I walked over a bridge in Tokyo to see a little boat cruising the canal. I’ve often wondered why there were canals under the roads and between the buildings, and I’d never actually seen anyone sailing on one of them.
Apparently, in preparation for the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, the city wanted to construct urban expressways, and the land they managed to buy was the network of old canals.
That's why you see this strange web of hidden, and partially revealed canals in the city, and why the high level roads take the routes they do.
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