Arakawa Drainage Canal
The Arakawa River or Ara River is a 173-kilometre long river that flows through Saitama Prefecture and Tokyo. Its average flow in 2002 was 30 m. The Class A river is one of Tokyo's major sources of tap water, and together with the Tone River, accounts for around 80% of Tokyo's water supply as of 2018.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river flowing through Saitama prefecture and Tokyo in Japan
- Also known as: “Ara Kawa”, “Ara river”, “Ara-kawa”, “Arakawa River”, “Arakawa-hōsuiro”, and “Shin-Ara-Kawa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Edogawa Stadium and Yumenoshima Park.
Edogawa Stadium
Stadium
Edogawa City Track & Field Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in the Edogawa area of Tokyo, Japan. As the home of the Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay of the Japan Rugby League One, the stadium is often referred to as the Spears EDORIKU Field.
Yumenoshima Park
Park
Photo: 保守, Public domain.
Yumenoshima Park is a sports park in Yumenoshima, Kōtō Ward, Tokyo, Japan. It was made by improving a landfill site called Yumenoshima, which was the final disposal site for garbage from 1957 until 1967.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tatsumi and World Bazaar.
Tatsumi
Quarter
Tatsumi is an area of Koto, Tokyo, Japan. It is surrounded by water on all sides, but is joined by bridges to Shiomi to the north, Shin-Kiba and Yumenoshima to the east, and Shinonome to the west. Tatsumi is situated 3 km west of Arakawa Drainage Canal.
World Bazaar
Locality
Photo: ARICAD, CC BY-SA 3.0.
World Bazaar is a locality, which is situated 4 km southeast of Arakawa Drainage Canal.
Tomorrowland
Locality
Photo: SolarSurfer, Public domain.
Tomorrowland is one of the many "themed lands" featured at all of the Magic Kingdom styled Disney theme parks around the world owned or licensed by the Walt Disney Company. Tomorrowland is situated 4 km southeast of Arakawa Drainage Canal.
Arakawa Drainage Canal
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Arakawa Drainage Canal from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Yue Chinese—“Arakawa Drainage Canal” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Arakawa”
- Basque: “Arakawa ibaia”
- Catalan: “Arakawa”
- Catalan: “riu Ara”
- Catalan: “riu Arakawa”
- Cebuano: “Ara-kawa”
- Chinese: “荒川”
- Dutch: “Arakawa”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر اراكاوا”
- Esperanto: “Arakaŭa (rivero)”
- Esperanto: “Arakaŭa”
- French: “Ara-kawa”
- French: “rivière Ara”
- German: “Arakawa”
- Guarani: “Ysyry Arakagua”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Arakawa (Kantō)”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Arakawa”
- Irish: “Abhainn Arakawa”
- Italian: “Arakawa”
- Japanese: “あらかわ”
- Japanese: “荒川”
- Japanese: “荒川放水路”
- Korean: “아라카와 강 (간토 지방)”
- Korean: “아라카와 강 (도쿄 만)”
- Korean: “아라카와강”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Arakawa”
- Norwegian: “Arakawa”
- Persian: “آراکاوا”
- Persian: “رود آراکاوا”
- Persian: “رود اراکاوا”
- Polish: “Arakawa”
- Portuguese: “Rio arakawa”
- Portuguese: “Rio Arakawa”
- Romanian: “râul Arakawa”
- Russian: “Аракава (река)”
- Russian: “Аракава”
- Slovenian: “Ara-kawa”
- Slovenian: “Ara”
- Slovenian: “Arakava”
- Slovenian: “Arakawa”
- Spanish: “Arakawa (rio)”
- Spanish: “Arakawa (río)”
- Spanish: “Rio Ara (Japon)”
- Spanish: “Rio Ara (Japón)”
- Spanish: “Río Ara (Japon)”
- Spanish: “Río Ara (Japón)”
- Spanish: “Rio Ara”
- Spanish: “río Ara”
- Spanish: “Rio Arakawa”
- Spanish: “Río Arakawa”
- Swedish: “Arakawa (flod)”
- Swedish: “Arakawa”
- Swedish: “Arakawafloden”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำอาระ”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำอารากาวะ”
- Turkish: “Arakawa Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Річка Ара (Канто)”
- Ukrainian: “Річка Ара”
- Venetian: “Fiume Ara”
- Vietnamese: “Arakawa”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Ara”
- Welsh: “Afon Arakawa”
- Yue Chinese: “荒川”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Seishincho and Nishi Kasai.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Naka River and Kiyosuna-ohashi Bridge.
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