tamagawa canal

a photo collection

In the west of Tokyo, a 43 kilometer canal was dug in the Edo era by guys with shovels. It transported water from the Tama river to central Tokyo, feeding farms and villages all the way. This a photo triptych for that canal from the river to Kokubunji - maybe the western 15 kilometers of the thirty or so that still exist.

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