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Chuo Ward was the best "junction Ginza" in Japan!
When you walk around the city of Chuo-ku, especially the Nihonbashi area and Kyobashi area on the right bank of the Sumida River, you can see many highways.
The city of Chuo-ku, which was supported by water transportation, used to be stretched through waterways, but during the period of high economic growth after the war, highways were developed using the waterway space.…You can say that is one of the reasons.
The city surrounded by water has been transformed into a city surrounded by highways.
Highways laid over waterways like nets were inevitably made a lot of branches. It's called "junction".
…When I thought so, isn't Chuo-ku one of Japan's leading junction densely populated areas? I've been interested in it. lucky day, I would like to introduce the results of our own research!
What are the findings of the survey?…
The survey was conducted using open data from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to collect the number of junctions for each municipality. (For junctions located near the municipal boundary, it is determined individually whether the part that makes up the junction straddles the boundary, and if it straddles, it is counted as both.)
Here is a summary of the results.
It has become clear that Chuo-ku is the municipality with the largest number of junctions in Japan!
It is the best "junction Ginza" in Japan.
There are seven junctions located in Chuo-ku, four of which are located across the boundary of the adjacent ward, and the feature that they were built using the space of the waterway is also shown here.
Let's see a lot of junctions in Chuo-ku
By the way, the highway in the ward closed the waterway and divided the city.…Therefore, in town development, it is often treated as bad people, and in some sections, plans for undergrounding and parking are being promoted.
On the other hand, there are opinions that evaluate complex structural beauty such as junctions, and photo books have been published and have been excited, and I have heard that they are popular from overseas.
The discussions on undergrounding and parking are progressing positively, so I would like to dare to spread this viewpoint of "Let's enjoy watching junctions" more.
So, today I would like to introduce two junctions that represent the city!
Junction introduction in the city (1) Edobashi Junction
The first one is "Edobashi Junction". (Image source: Output from "PLATEAU VIEW" by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism)
At the T-shaped branch using the intersection of the Nihonbashi River and the former Kaede River, the Metropolitan Expressway Toshin Beltway and the No. 6 Mukojima Line are connected, and the Metropolitan Expressway No. 1 Ueno Line running on Showa-dori is connected from the north side.
Miso is where the Nihonbashi River curves around this area, and thanks to this, the Edobashi JCT seen from above depicts a beautiful curve like a fountain.
Edobashi JCT, which has this curved beauty and multi-layered complexity, runs through buildings, is not it particularly popular among the many junctions nationwide?
If you want to feel the shape of Edobashi JCT, it is recommended to look at it from the top of the Nihonbashi River, as shown in the photo I used at the beginning of this article.
But there is no chance to get on the boat.…I think there are some people here. The view point recommended for such people is the view from the Edobashi Kita intersection. The Edobashi North Intersection is located just below the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway No. 1 Ueno Line branches off in an S-shaped curve, allowing you to feel both the curve beauty and multilayered nature of the Edobashi JCT. At night, the lights of the car running underneath the elevated tracks reflect on the back of the elevated tracks, so you won't get tired of watching them.
Junction introduction in ward (2) Hakozaki Junction
Another thing I would like to introduce today is "Hakozaki Junction". (Image source: Output from "PLATEAU VIEW" by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism)
This is a T-shaped branch that uses the place where the former Hakozaki River and the former Hakozaki River Branch Branch branch, and connects the No. 6 Mukojima Line and the No. 9 Fukagawa Line. In addition, the Hakozaki entrance, Hamacho entrance and Kiyosu Bridge exit are connected, and the T-CAT terminal for the airport limousine bus, and a small parking area are also attached to the complex structure. Because it is too complicated, a rotary is also installed in the middle layer of the junction.
Although it is such a complicated Hakozaki junction, the ground surface that reclaims the Hakozaki River Branch is a general road, so you can walk directly below.
It is a recommended viewpoint to look at the branches that are divided into several branches from directly below.
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In general, I suddenly introduced the two big giants that are well-known, but could I tell you a little about the charm of junction appreciation ...?
In the future, I would like to introduce the remaining five junctions in the city!
Readers, please take a closer look at the junctions in Chuo-ku.