This specially built waterway hosted the Olympic rowing and canoe events for the 2021 event.

The waterway is located between two man-made islands at the mouth of the Sumida River in Tokyo Bay. The islands were constructed using landfill and buried trash. Uminomori (Sea Forest) island on the northern side of the course has since been converted to a green space with trees planted over the waste. The island to the south of the course is still being used to collect and dump waste.

Now that the games have moved on, organizers say the facility will become a center of rowing and canoeing in Asia.

Suggested Activity
Get Tickets To the Samurai Restaurant in Shinjuku (Up to 30% Off)
Experience one of the craziest, most colorful places in Tokyo — the all-new Samurai Restaurant, from the creators of the Robot Restaurant. Get your tickets and sit back for a wild show of lasers, lights, samurai, dancers and other uniquely Japanese weirdness.

Until now there hasn’t been much here, so there is no public transport and it’s not possible to walk there. You can access the venue by taxi or private car.