After the second world war, when American firebombing razed Tokyo again, planners tried to impose order, erecting hulking concrete expressways over the canals that had earned Edo comparisons to Venice.
第二次世界大战后, 当美国燃烧弹再次将东京夷为平地时,规划者试图强加秩序, 在运河上修建笨重混凝土高速公路, 这使江户与威尼斯相提并论。