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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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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The Tallest Tower - Skytree, Tokyo

The Tokyo Skytree is a television broadcasting tower with observation and restaurants. It is located in Sumida city ward, very near to Asakusa. Skytree is Japan's tallest structure with height of 634 meters, also it is the tallest tower in the world and second tallest structure in the world.

 The observatories are at 350m and 450m with capacity of 2000 people and 900 people respectively. The construction started on July 14th, 2008 and opened from May 22nd, 2012.

The admission ticket is 2000yen for first observatory and 3000yen for first and second observatory. Also, 500yen service fee is charged for time specific advance reservations. Prior reservations can be made through internet from two months before visiting date on first come first served basis. But the website is in Japanese language not useful for foreigners.

Tokyo Skytree entrance is in the 4th floor of Tokyo Skytree town which is in between Tokyo Skytree station (formerly known as Narihirabashi Station) and Oshiage Station.

 

 

 Shopping malls at Skytree

Indian Restaurant at Skytree

  

Cafe at Skytree

 

View from Skytree Observatory

Illumination of Skytree

See-through from Skytree lift

 

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