Osaka: City of Bridges
Osaka is sometimes referred to as a city of bridges and if you've walked downtown it's very easy to see why. Osaka is built on the flood plain of the Yodo River where it meets Osaka Bay. Much of the bay-side part of the city is built on reclaimed land and is home to many factories, refineries and shipping facilities. As Osaka is an old market and trading city; before the advent of modern transportation much of the goods were moved by boat and the canals that supported ship traffic still remain and are traversed by elevated highways, numerous bridges which support the modern traffic of goods and people throughout the city.
This series of photos features only a small sample of the bridges found in the city. These are all found on the Dojima River a canal formed by Nakanoshima splitting the Okawa River into the Dojima and Tosabori rivers.
Nakanoshima, was a sand bar but is now home to many high-rise office buildings including city hall, and combined with the bridges and water make for a wonderful spot for city photography.
It is quite remarkable how sinuous and graceful the bridges seem at night, for all the immobile reinforced concrete and steel out of which they are constructed and thousands of tons of cars and trucks they support.
Recently, efforts have been made to revitalise and beautify the somewhat imposing infrastructure that runs through the city, the blue LEDs sometimes shifted to green and other colours as well.
Oe Bridge an older construction connects the ground level traffic going to Nakanoshima.
A great silver dragon sleeps on Nakanoshima!
This is the above ground portion of the subterranean National Museum of Art. Originally built in 1970 as part of the Expo that was held in Osaka that year, reopened as a permanent museum in 1977.
Nakanoshima - Wikipedia
National Museum of Art
Recently I also went to Osaka's industrial area to photograph the refineries and chemical plants.
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Interesting the way cities are beginning to reengage with waterfronts (successfully and otherwise.) Lighting definitely makes a big impact here! Thanks for sharing!
Indeed, Osaka has been at it for a while. One area, not featured in this post, called Dotombori was really run down, particularly the areas adjacent to the canal, now it has a beautiful wood boardwalk on the banks with cafes and restaurants that now have terraces overlooking the cleaned up canal area. That might be a good place to feature in a future post, there are still some areas that haven't been restored and would make a good contrast.
Exclellent shots and beautiful city! Looks like you have much places for good shooting there in Osaka!
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Yes, there are many interesting places to photograph in Osaka, I hope to show a few of them here.
Nice to look at these interesting shots of the city.
Thank you very much @ace108!
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Nice shots @mweich
Refraction on the water have beautified that city.
Absolutely, one of the best parts of having so many canals and rivers running through the city. Just after or even during a light rain is great too!