Hamura

Hamura occupies a stretch along the Tama River in western Tokyo. The city is best known for Hamura Weir, an intake structure built in 1653 at the head of the Tamagawa Josui, the waterway that carried drinking water to Edo. This engineering work connected a river town on the Musashino Plain to the growth of Japan’s shogunal capital; the canal is now valued as historic infrastructure and a green corridor. Paths beside the river and around the weir give Hamura a quieter rhythm than central Tokyo, while the western suburbs lead toward the foothills of the Okutama area. Continue to other webcams in Tokyo to compare river settings and urban districts across the metropolis.

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