This is a part of Kanda River that was used as the outer moat of Edo Castle, which is now the Tokyo Imperial Palace.
Kanda River is a 24.6km river that flows through 9 cities of Tokyo, including Shinjuku. It was unfortunately also known as a river that would always overflow when a typhoon came. But in the 1980s they implemented a flood control system through underground regulating reservoirs and diversion channels, which drastically brought down the chances of any flooding. Thank goodness!
Hope you are all having a wonderful Friday and enjoy your weekend to come!
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That must be quite a relief to people living along her banks.
ReplyDeleteOh, I adore the pale pink that envelops this photograph! I am so glad that they were able to devise a system to prevent this river from flooding!
ReplyDeleteThe metallic rose early evening light on the calm river is beautiful. Wouldn't it be great to have that flood control technology everywhere. I just watched a tragic video of people being carried off by a flash flood.
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful sky!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous sky shot!
ReplyDeleteSky watching on One Fine Afternoon, your visit means a lot. Have a nice weekend!
What a lovely picture Kaori. The light is just perfect!
ReplyDeleteVery good photo.
ReplyDeleteRegards!
The building on the right looks like it has a mouth!!!
ReplyDeleteLovely colours here and calm induced by the water. Happy weekend!
That looks like a beautiful river to have flowing through your city. It's so peaceful it's hard to believe you're in the middle of a large city there. Great shot!
ReplyDeleteUnderground reservoirs and channels, this is very interesting, I would be happy to know something more about this kind of works. By the way, this is a beautiful picture!
ReplyDeleteSomehow the buildings feel as if moving. Wonderful picture ! Please have a good weekend.
ReplyDeleteSunset? Shops on the right by the railway track - interesting.
ReplyDeleteHappy Weekend Kaori, Evelyn
Fabulous light. Like airbrushed color sepia.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite activity along the Kanda River (quite a bit upstream from here) was watching these guys. I wonder what they do in times like these (a week ago). A far cry from this in more gentle times.
For VP, here is a PDF titled Flood Control Using Urban Underground Space. Also a set of interesting photos here. Not to mention this amazing space.
In brief, the Kanda Underground Diversion Channel is slated to eventually emerge into Tokyo Bay.
ReplyDeleteActually, if I may be allowed to differ in my opinion, from the maps I have around, it looks like the Kanda River comes close to this section of the Outer Moat at the next train station behind our point of view (Iidabashi Station, as opposed to Ichigaya Station down there on the left) and then Kanda River continues on its merry way until it enters Sumida River. But Kanda River doesn’t connect directly with this section of the Outer Moat anymore. This expanse of water is called just that: the Outer Moat. The Kanda River did supply water to the entire Outer Moat in the long-ago Edo Period, however... Like here coming in from the top left. And what was that moat surrounding anyway? This.
Oh, I Like this One!
ReplyDelete*drools over the photo*
ReplyDeleteWhat line is that that the tracks are so close to the water.... Chuo?
Oh, nice perspective. Hope you're having a lovely weekend.
ReplyDeleteLovely lines and composition.
ReplyDeleteThe sky looks amazing here! Nice shot!
ReplyDeleteoh golly, tell me about the flood,
ReplyDeletethat's one of the main issues we have and i think forever can't be resolve. ^0^
a beautiful scene kaori.
really calm to look at. ^0^
@angrygaijin:
ReplyDeleteIt’s Ichigaya Station on the yellow Sobu Line which uses the same train tracks (or adjoining tracks actually) as the orange Chuo Line. The Chuo Line skips this station (and Iidabashi and Suidobashi Stations), going from Yotsuya directly to Ochanomizu. There are maps here. The JR map is clickable to enlarge. Ichigaya also connects with 3 subway lines: Yurakucho, the Shinjuku Line, and Nanboku.
If I close my eyes and look into the past I can almost hear Hiroshige whispering, “In my next life, in about 153 years, I want to be Kaori standing here."
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