Originally completed in 1939 for the 1940 Summer Olympics that were cancelled due to World War II.
The course is located on an embankment of the Arakawa River in Saitama Prefecture just north of Tokyo.
[1] A number of Tokyo-based universities and corporate teams own and maintain boat houses and training facilities on both the north and south banks of the waterway.
The course is the venue for annual races between numerous school and university teams including long established rivalries between Kaisei Academy and Otsuka, University of Tsukuba High School and the Keio Waseda regatta held each spring.
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