Countach - Vol. 21 Ch. 203 - Paparazzi!

[MangaDex]

 

[Dridespoon]

Yes, such an absurdly low underpass really existed in Tokyo. The Takanawa underpass was removed some time after 2020.



Interestingly, the 2019 Toyota 86 catalog used this location to showcase its low height (1060mm/1.06m).



The more I read and see images about the bridge, the more I'm fascinated by it. Here's an article with more info and images:

https://trafficnews.jp/post/81092

 

[ST130013]

Why was this underpass removed?

 

[Baddtraxx]

 

[Dridespoon]

Why was this underpass removed?

I flicked through some city government sites regarding the construction and I think it's due to general redevelopments in the area. Without being on the ground I'm not sure, but there's a new tunnel/underpass that's at least being built, if not finished already, that's just next to the original one and is less restrictive.

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/高輪橋架道橋下区道

https://minato.j-server.com/LUCMINA...oudome.html?SLANG=ja&TLANG=en&XMODE=0&XJSID=0

 

[Big_Boss]

I'm guessing its same way as that splitter on a C1 road? Only that thing is in a vital spot thats practically impossible without major renovation and closing off whole road?

 

[WANgue]

I flicked through some city government sites regarding the construction and I think it's due to general redevelopments in the area. Without being on the ground I'm not sure, but there's a new tunnel/underpass that's at least being built, if not finished already, that's just next to the original one and is less restrictive.

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/高輪橋架道橋下区道

https://minato.j-server.com/LUCMINA...oudome.html?SLANG=ja&TLANG=en&XMODE=0&XJSID=0

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Oh? That weird underpass? Yeah, so there’s a way to see it in Google Maps / streetview - look for the Toei Metro Asakusa line Sengakuji station 都営浅草線 泉岳寺駅. The subway line is partially built under National Route 15. If you look at the area where exit A3/A4 is located, you should see the Takanawa Okido gate memorial (that was the historic gate marking the boundary of Edo during the Shogunate period). Look at the southern edge of the gate memorial you should see an alley of sorts leading east towards the tracks for the multiple train lines in the area (Yamanote, Keihin-Tohoku, Tokaido Main line, the Tokaido Shinkansen, the Yokosuka line, etc)..It’s opposite Takanawa 2-Chome 17. You should be able to use streetview to look at the corner where the underpass begins, and there are photo spheres posted by pedestrians inside the underpass covering the entire thing all the way to Shibaura.

The entire area used to be a train storage yard (JR East Tamachi dispatch facility) until it was decommissioned when the Oimachi yard further south was expanded. It’s near a waste treatment/drainage facility (recently upgraded) for the Shibaura waterfront. The entire area east from the railways were built-up/reclaimed from the shoreline and caused tons of headaches for JNR when they tunneled the Yokosuka line underneath the area back in the 1970s in an attempt to reduce congestion on the train lines between Kanagawa and the capital - the cost overruns building that tunnel contributed to JNR’s eventual bankruptcy/privatization in the late ‘80s.

The underpass was a vestige of back when Shibaura was a lot more industrial and salarymen heading towards area firms had to go to work without looping to avoid the train yard. Shibaura is a lot more boughie nowadays as many of those old warehouses and offices were replaced by luxury condos and whatnot, but there are still corporate firms based there, like Tokyo gas, Sony, Toshiba (short for Tokyo Shibaura), FamilyMart and Bandai Namco’s video games division (their Gachapon/toys division is in the Asakusa waterfront and is consistently one of the more underrated things to see in the area).

The entire train yard area will be replaced by an elevated podium retail/office/residental complex called Takanawa Gateway City, anchored by a new Yamanote line backfill station (opened in time for the Tokyo Olympics) and the vehicular route connecting the area around Sengakuji and Shibaura is not expected to be re-opened until 2032 when the construction on top is finished (that’s going to be replaced by a bridge taking you up to the new podium level and down to the other side). The replacement pedestrian/cyclist tunnel (opened 2023) reuse a drainage channel that was nearby. Construction is also happening up north at Hammamatsucho (Tokyo World Trade Center/Monorail terminus reconstruction), Tamachi/Mita (they just finished the msb complex) and south at Shinagawa (Keikyu is elevating their terminus and getting rid of that infamous railway crossing over Yatsuyama-dori, JR East is working on a tunnel to Haneda Airport, and Tokyo Metro is working on a Namboku line extension to Shinagawa as well).

That being said, that vehicle underpass was a one-way going east towards Shibaura, so that’s mostly corporate offices and condo towers. How did he manage to run into a love hotel district?

 

[thatssoleon]

Why was this underpass removed?

because it didn't smash enough lanterns

 

[WANgue]

because it didn't smash enough lanterns

Or rather, Tokyo Metropolitan government can’t lower the roadway further down without better pumping equipment due to water seepage issues in the area (they only finished the new drainage network in Shibaura in 2018). They can’t redo the underpass until JR East finish redeveloping the site (at least 2032), and then they are not going to - if anything that underpass will be filled in and a vehicle bridge built above (the pedestrian tunnel was already replaced and somehow I don’t think that will be used once gateway city is opened). The site is a headache since it’s close to the old Tokyo bay shoreline and needs to be constantly pumped out - there are old JNR promotional videos highlighting the challenges of building the Yokosuka line’s tracks between Shinagawa and Tokyo station in the 1970s, which ran even deeper.

 

[Doomroar]

Wait ins't she a gravure idol? what's the point of keeping an image of purity and virginity when she sells sofcore material?

Idol culture keeps getting weirder every time it shows up

 

[Dridespoon]

Oh? That weird underpass? Yeah, so there’s a way to see it in Google Maps / streetview - look for the Toei Metro Asakusa line Sengakuji station 都営浅草線 泉岳寺駅. The subway line is partially built under National Route 15. If you look at the area where exit A3/A4 is located, you should see the Takanawa Okido gate memorial. Look at the southern edge of the gate memorial you should see an alley of sorts leading east towards the tracks for the multiple train lines in the area (Yamanote, Keihin-Tohoku, Tokaido Main line, the Tokaido Shinkansen, the Yokosuka line, etc)..It’s opposite Takanawa 2-Chome 17. You should be able to use streetview to look at the corner where the underpass begins, and there are photo spheres posted by pedestrians inside the underpass covering the entire walkway.

The entire area used to be a train storage yard (JR East Tamachi dispatch facility) until it was decommissioned when the Oimachi facility further south was expanded. It’s also near a waste treatment/drainage facility for the Shibaura waterfront. The entire area east from the railways were built-up/reclaimed from the shoreline and caused tons of headaches for JNR when they tunneled the Yokosuka line underneath the area back in the 1970s in an attempt to reduce congestion on the train lines between Kanagawa and the capital.

The underpass was a vestige of back when Tamachi/Shibaura was a lot more industrial and salarymen heading towards area firms coming off the Asakusa line stop had to go to work without looping to avoid the train yard. Both Toshiba and Honda were based near the Shibaura waterfront, and Sony used to do R&D there.

Tamachi/Shibaura is a lot more boughie nowadays as many of those old warehouses and offices were replaced by luxury condos and whatnot, but there are still corporate firms based there, like Tokyo gas, Toshiba, FamilyMart and Bandai Namco’s video games division.

The entire train yard area will be replaced by an elevated podium retail/office/residental complex called Takanawa Gateway City, anchored by a new Yamanote line backfill station (opened in time for the Tokyo Olympics) and the vehicular route connecting the area around Sengakuji and Shibaura is not expected to be re-opened until 2032 when the construction on top is finished (that’s going to be replaced by a bridge taking you up to the new podium level). The replacement pedestrian/cyclist tunnel (opened 2023) is actually reusing a drainage channel that was nearby. Construction is also happening up north at Hammamatsucho (Tokyo World Trade Center/Monorail terminus reconstruction), Tamachi/Mita (they just finished the msb complex) and south at Shinagawa (Keikyu is elevating their terminus and getting rid of that infamous railway crossing over Yatsuyama-dori, JR East themselves are working on a tunnel to Haneda Airport), and I think Tokyo Metro is working on a Tozai line extension as well.

Really insightful, thank you.

That being said, that vehicle underpass was a one-way going east towards Shibaura, so that’s mostly corporate offices and condo towers. How did he manage to run into a love hotel district?

Shun must know some hidden places that we don't!

 

[Fugutron]

Page 15 and 16 got me thinking unwise..........
Also, didn't realize but her tits are massive, even beigger than Juri or Saotome, me thinks.

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The more I read and see images about the bridge, the more I'm fascinated by it. Here's an article with more info and images:

https://trafficnews.jp/post/81092

That pic vibe is crazy man, Instant wallpaper for me.

 

[GoodNaturedArsonist]

imagine the vibration in the tunnel with that v12

 

[rudezki]

There's no way that that taxi has a flipping light on top

 

[WANgue]

Really insightful, thank you.


Shun must know some hidden places that we don't!

…the author probably didn’t, either.

That area immediately after the tunnel in Shibaura is in the boughier part of Minato and the locals (some of Tokyo’s bright young things, think Belgravia/Chelsea in London or Billionaires row in New York) will likely be up in arms if someone opens a love hotel in the area. Homeboy could’ve swung the Countach up the rainbow bridge nearby towards his buddy’s garage in Odaiba…because if he kept going north and wandered off to Shimbashi (near where the love hotels were/are) it would’ve rendered the entire tunnel thing meaningless.