The Way i Go

A trivia program tells us why the Shirahige apartment complex in Tokyo’s Sumida Ward is set up like a wall (this clip is subtitled in English):

The apartment complex is set up like a 1.5 kilometer wall with the aim of protecting a designated evacuation zone from fires. Back when it was built, the area had many wooden buildings and planners wanted to be sure that residents had a safe area that would be totally free of fires (unlike the evacuation areas that proved useless during the Great Kanto Earthquake and firebombings of Tokyo).

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