Otherworldly Odaiba - Tokyo, Japan

Odaiba, a man made island is in Tokyo bay. Odaiba was built during Edo period to protect Tokyo against attacks from sea. But today, Odaiba is one of the most popular shopping, sightseeing destination and tourist attraction in Tokyo.
It is one among the Greater Tokyo Metropolitan area where the sea shore is accessible and not covered by industries and harbor areas.

The Rainbow bridge connects Odaiba to rest of Tokyo. It's a two story supporting an expressway, a regular road, the train line and pedestrian walkways on both the sides.

  There are many attractions in Odaiba such as Toyota Mega Web, Ferris Wheel, Fuji TV building, Aqua-city, Telecom center, Decks Tokyo beach, Venus fort and many others. Please have a look at the pictures which we could  capture during our visit to Odaiba.

Yurikamome Line: An automated, elevated train with rubber tires. It is an amazing experience to travel in this train as it passes amongst the beautiful sky scrapers of Tokyo.

Daikanransha is a Ferris wheel which is 377 feet tall which was world's tallest until London Eye in London was opened. This is a 16 minute ride in which Tokyo tower, Rainbow bridge, Haneda airport and Mt.Fuji on a clear day.

View from the Ferris Wheel

Decks: A huge shopping mall with multiple indoor theme park and restaurants. 

Replica of Statue of Liberty with Rainbow bridge in the backdrop.

 

Toyota Mega Web: A Toyota Museum which has all the models, car accessories and technologies. Test drive of cars is a major attraction here.

 

  

Venus Fort: Shopping mall in the style of a 18th century South European town

 

Have a look at some of the Tokyo's amazing sky scrapers on the way to Odaiba.

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A Visit To Toyota Automobile Museum

Japan's famous Automobile giant "Toyota" was a most prominent destination to visit during our stay.
The Luxurious Lexus, Land Cruisers were zooming at high speeds in mind and we decided for a half day tour to the Toyota Automobile Museum.

The Toyota Automobile Museum is in Nagakute City, near Nagoya, Japan.

Here we got to see the new launches (Lexus IS, CT and Rx series), yet-to-be's, racing machines (TRD equipped) and more.

It was an awesome feeling to sit and feel the glossy cars. The comfortable, new technology seats were a touch and feel experience.

We could also get the essence of speeding and drifting while driving the Safety Simulators.
Who can forget the Supra drifts?...Well, the famous speeding Cars were also a part of the Toyota range of cars.

There was also some genuine entertainment by the Japanese dancers to encourage the lovers of motor sports.

All in all, it was a fantastic feel of luxury, speed and brand.

And by the way, we also came across the famous Zepp Music halls, a popular place for Japanese musicians which can house more than 2,000 people at a time.

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Tokyo: Coolest Skyscraper City Of The World

Well, its time to take you to another city that is not only known for being expensive but also for extreme engineering. Yes, we are talking of the Asia's Britain "Tokyo". Recently, we had a wonderful day out to watch the Tokyo's beautiful skyscrapers.

Apart from the most famous Tokyo Skytree, there are about 47 buildings that range more than 180 metres.
The most important tall buildings include the Midtown Tower (248 m), Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Building (243 m) and the oldest Kasumigaseki Building that was built in 1968.

The buildings are not just tall but are known for the aesthetics, architecture and technology.

Most of the skyscrapers of Japan are hotels, malls and tech parks.

Take a view at the recent photographs of Tokyo's sky touching mouments for some introduction and our SLR magic.

Midtown Tower 248 m 

The Midtown Town tower in Roppongi is the tallest of the 6 building complex. It has numerous companies including the most famous Ritz Carlton. The building stands tall since 2007. It has about 54 floors.

Jeweled Tokyo 

Tokyo At Dawn

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Top 20 Firework Photos Of Our Travel

Diwali is here and what best can be for hard core travellers than clicking the best photos of Fireworks. Ranjan Benne, Travelendura's team member and a passionate photographer captured the challenging night shots of Fireworks in his trip to Japan.

With his Nikon 5100 D SLR series and photography experience, the pictures have been unanimously selected by our friends, colleagues, family members and rated as top 20 Firework photos. Take a look.

For night photography, one needs to be quick, firm and truly talented. The pictures will explain the rest.

The fireworks display is Japan is highly popular and travellers from all over the world visit Japan to view the sparkling skies.

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