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A "River" Flows Beneath Shibuya Station... The True Identity of the "Phantom River" that Katsushika Hokusai Once Depicted in a Ukiyo-E Print and Which Still Lies Dormant Beneath the Shibuya Scramble Crossing.
A former river that has been buried underground and covered is called an "ankyo" (culvert). Did you know that a "river" still flows deep beneath Shibuya Station? The "Shibuya River," once depicted in a ukiyo-e print by Katsushika Hokusai, was turned into an underground culvert in the 1960s and 70s…
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A former river that has been buried underground and covered is called an "ankyo" (culvert). Did you know that a "river" still flows deep beneath Shibuya Station? The "Shibuya River," once depicted in a ukiyo-e print by Katsushika Hokusai, was turned into an underground culvert in the 1960s and 70s…