

Submitted by: BuckyHermit (from Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Country: Japan

Prefecture: Fukuoka Prefecture
City: Fukuoka
Location: Canal City Hakata [map]
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Canal City is one of the largest shopping complexes in southern Japan and is notable for its architecture; it is an outdoor mall with a canal running through it. It is the largest private development project in Japan's history, costing about US $1.4 billion for 234,460 square meters (2.5 million square feet).