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 Bay Aqua - Line, Japan

An Engineering marvel - "Trans- Tokyo Bay Highway" is the other name for Tokyo Bay Aqua - Line. This is the combination of bridge and tunnel which connects the cities Kawasaki and Chiba prefectures.

The fourth longest underwater tunnel in the world. The length of the highway is 14 km which includes 4.4 km bridge and 9.6 km tunnel underneath the bay.

Umihataro, an artificial island is built at the bride-tunnel crossover point consisting a parking lot, restaurants, shops and amusement facilities.
Since Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line reduces the drive between the most important industrial regions(Kanagawa and Chiba) from almost 90 to 15 minutes. It avoids the busy roads of Japan so the toll rates are high.

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