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Skyline of Odaiba

Odaiba (お台場, 35.63° N 139.775° E) (sometimes known as Daiba) is a large artificial island in Tokyo Bay, Japan. Administratively it is part of Minato, Koto and Shinagawa Wards. Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x132, 77 KB)Found on a Japanese site which states they are free use public domain pictures. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x132, 77 KB)Found on a Japanese site which states they are free use public domain pictures. ... Before Mexico City, Tenochtitlan was an artificial island of 250,000 (Dr Atl) Dejima, not allowed direct contact with nearby Nagasaki Formoza (Gdynia) The World in Dubai An artificial island is an island that has been formed by human, rather than natural means. ... Tokyo Bay from space, October 1993 Map of Tokyo Bay, 1917 Tokyo Bay (東京湾; Tōkyō-wan) is a bay in the southern Kanto region of Japan, surrounded by the Boso Peninsula (Chiba Prefecture) and the Miura Peninsula (Kanagawa Prefecture). ... Tokyo Tower and Zojoji by night, Shiba Park Roppongi Hills Rainbow Bridge connecting central Tokyo to Odaiba Minato (港区 -ku) is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. ... Kōtō (江東区; -ku) is a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan. ... Shinagawa (品川区 -ku) is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. ...

History

Dai-Roku Daiba (第六台場) or "No. 6 Battery", one of the original Edo-era battery islands, as viewed from the Rainbow Bridge. The developed area of Odaiba is in the background.

Odaiba was originally constructed in 1853 by the Tokugawa shogunate as a series of 6 fortresses in order to protect Tokyo from attack by sea, the primary threat being Commodore Matthew Perry's Black Ships, which had arrived in the same year. Daiba in Japanese refers to the cannon batteries placed on the islands. Download high resolution version (1024x768, 149 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 149 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... // General Information The Rainbow Bridge is a suspension bridge over the Tokyo Port, located on the northernmost part of Tokyo Bay, connecting the Shibaura Wharf and the new waterfront development area, known as Odaiba in Minato-ku ward, Tokyo. ... The Tokugawa shogunate or Tokugawa bakufu (徳川幕府) (also known as the Edo bakufu) was a feudal military dictatorship of Japan established in 1603 by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family until 1868. ... Fortifications (Latin fortis, strong, and facere, to make) are military constructions designed for defensive warfare. ... Tokyo , literally Eastern capital)   is the capital and one of the forty-seven prefectures of Japan. ... Matthew Calbraith Perry (1794-1858). ... A small American Civil War-era cannon on a carriage A caun is any large tubular firearm designed to fire a heavy projectile over a considerable distance. ...

In 1928, the Dai-San Daiba (第三台場) or "No. 3 Battery" was refurbished and opened to the public as the Metropolitan Daiba Park, which remains open to this day.

The modern redevelopment of Odaiba started after the success of Expo '85 in Tsukuba. The Japanese economy was riding high, and Odaiba was to be a showcase as futuristic living, built at a cost of over $10 billion. The "bubble economy" burst in 1991, and by 1995 Odaiba was a virtual wasteland, underpopulated and full of vacant lots. Tsukuba (Japanese: つくば市 Tsukuba-shi) is a planned city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. ... An economic bubble occurs when speculation in a commodity causes the price to increase, thus producing more speculation. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1996, the area was rezoned from pure business to allow also commercial and entertainment districts, and the area started coming back to life as Tokyo discovered the seaside it never had. Hotels and shopping malls opened up, several large companies including Fuji TV moved their headquarters to the island, and transportation links improved. The Fuji TV headquarters in Odaiba is known for its eccentric architecture. ...

Attractions

Aqua City and Fuji TV

Odaiba at Night

Today's Odaiba is a popular shopping and sightseeing destination for Tokyoites and tourists alike. Some major attractions include: Download high resolution version (1200x1600, 260 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1200x1600, 260 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

• Fuji TV studios with a distinctive building designed by Kenzo Tange
• Rainbow Bridge (Tokyo) conects Odaiba to the heart of Tokyo
• Decks Tokyo Beach shopping mall, feat. Sega Joypolis and Little Hong Kong
• Aqua City shopping center
• Venus Fort, a Venice-themed shopping mall
• Zepp Tokyo, one of Tokyo's largest performance hall/nightclubs
• Daikanransha, the world's largest ferris wheel after the London Eye
• Oedo-Onsen-Monogatari hot springs
• One of two beaches in urban Tokyo (swimming not recommended), along with Kasai Rinkai Park in Edogawa Ward.
• Miraikan, The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation

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Transport

Two Shuto Expressway lines access Odaiba: Route 11 enters from central Tokyo crossing the Rainbow Bridge, while the Wangan Route enters from Shinagawa Ward through the Tokyo Port Tunnel and from the bayfront areas of Tokyo and Chiba to the east. Shuto Expressway (首都高速道路 Shuto-kōsoku-dōro Metropolitan Expressway) is a network of expressways in the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan. ... // General Information The Rainbow Bridge is a suspension bridge over the Tokyo Port, located on the northernmost part of Tokyo Bay, connecting the Shibaura Wharf and the new waterfront development area, known as Odaiba in Minato-ku ward, Tokyo. ... Shinagawa (品川区 -ku) is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. ...

By public transport Odaiba is accessible via the automated Yurikamome transit system from Shinbashi as well as with the privately operated Rinkai Line running between Osaki and Shin-Kiba. City buses provide cheaper if slower access. Ferries also operate between Tokyo and Odaiba. New Transit Yurikamome (新交通ゆりかもめ) is an automated guideway transit service operated by the Tokyo Waterfront New Transit Corporation, connecting Shinbashi to Ariake on the artificial island of Odaiba in Tokyo, Japan. ... JR Shinbashi Station Shinbashi Station (新橋駅; -eki) is a major interchange station in Tokyos Minato Ward. ... The Tokyo Waterfront Railway (東京臨海高速鉄道 Tokyo Rinkai Kosoku Tetsudo, or Rinkai Line) is a private railway in Tokyo, Japan, connecting Tokyo to the artificial islands of Aomi and Odaiba in Tokyo Bay. ...

Odaiba in Fiction

This city is featured in the Digimon anime series as the hometown of the original digidestined children. It also appears in Australian author Andrew O'Connor's debut novel Tuvalu (2006). The official Digimon logo. ...

External links

• Wikitravel
• Budget guide to Odaiba
• Odaiba Decks