In the spirit of using every available space, the areas beneath the arches that support the rail lines are almost entirely filled with shops and warehouses. I've seen this in downtown Osaka as well as Tokyo. I've been inside such a shop and the atmosphere is interesting. The store owner didn't appear interested in hiding the fact that their store was built into a railway arch and there was a lot of exposed wiring and tubing. I suppose it's pretty useless to try to hide this as whenever a train goes by, the place shakes violently. In this picture a road goes through most of the arch, but that didn't stop someone from building a tiny two-story building into the remaining space.
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