Sea Forest Waterway

The Sea Forest Waterway (in Japanese 海の森水上競技場) is a regatta venue for rowing and canoeing, situated in Odaiba, Tokyo Bay, in Japan.

The venue was built for the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games. It was inaugurated in June 2019 and built by Tokyo Metropolitan Government on the waterfront site. The facility has a 2,000-seat permanent grandstand as well as space for a temporary grandstand for 14,000 more spectators for Olympic events.[1]

The course is separated from Tokyo Bay by dams at each end of the course. The water is held at a consistent depth of about 6 metres (20 ft) by dams at each end of the course. The course is 2,335 metres (7,661 ft) long and 198 metres (650 ft) wide. Each lane is 12.5 metres (41 ft) wide. There are 8 lanes.[2] Olympic rowing events will be held from 24 to 31 July 2020.

References
  1. "Tokyo 2020 Sea Forest Waterway Completed With More than A Year To Go Until The Olympic Games Open". The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  2. "Championships Junior Rowing World 2019" (PDF). e Organising Championships Junior Rowing World 20. 2019. p. 6. Retrieved 14 August 2019.


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