The Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre is a whitewater paddling venue, constructed to host the

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slalom events for the

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. It is first artificial slalom course in Japan. The total construction cost of this venue was around 7 billion

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(about $64 million) and it has the capacity 7,500 spectators.

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