Travel Reference
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Odaiba Island
When coastal mega-cities run out of space, they
inevitably turn toward the sea. An aerial view of
Tokyo reveals a city stretched to its limits, coming
to a congested stop at the waterfront. Geometrically
precise islands appear, seemingly lowered into
place like space panels. Among the exhibition
pavilions, indoor shopping malls, game centers,
cafés, restaurants, and surrealistic constructions of
Odaiba Island, the visitor never fails to be intrigued
by the structures on this landfill that seem to hail
from the future rather than the past.
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Oedo Onsen
Monogatari
Dip into tepid to scalding
natural spring waters,
indoor and outdoor tubs,
a steaming sand bath,
sauna, foot massage
pool, or bed of hot stones
at this spring
(above)
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Top 10 Features
1 Oedo Onsen Monogatari
2 Tokyo Big Sight
3 Decks and Aqua City
4 MegaWeb
5 Fuji TV Building
6 Carbon Fiber Garden
7 Museum of Maritime Science
8 Palette Town
9 National Museum of
Emerging Science and
Innovation
0 Rainbow Bridge
Exterior of the Aqua
City building
The island is packed
on the weekends.
Visit on a weekday.
Try the Decks Tokyo
Brewery's micro-beer.
For something lighter,
try the Thé Chinois
Madu, a teahouse in
Venus Fort.
• Map D2 • Oedo Onsen
Monogatari: 2-57 Omi,
Koto-ku; 5500-1126;
11am-9pm; adm • Tokyo
Big Sight: 3-21-2 Ariake,
Koto-ku; 5530-1111
• MegaWeb: 1 Aomi,
Koto-ku; open 11am-9pm
• Fuji TV Building: 2-4-8
Daiba, Minato-ku; 5500-
8888; open 10am-8pm
Tue-Sun; adm • Museum
of Maritime Science: 3-1
Higashi-Yashio,
Shinagawa-ku; 5500-1111 ;
open 10am-5pm; adm
• National Museum of
Emerging Science and
Innovation: 2-41 Aomi,
Koto-ku; 03-3570-9151;
open 10am-5pm Mon,
Wed-Sun; adm
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Tokyo Big Sight
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Decks and
Aqua City
Decks is a wooden boule-
vard of outdoor patios,
cafés, and restaurants.
Aqua City next door has
restaurants, cinema, a
video arcade, and theater.
The megalithic exhibition
center
(above)
has an
eighth-floor Observation Bar
Lounge. The gravity-defying
structure consists of four
inverted pyramids standing
on a seemingly narrow base.
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MegaWeb
Test-drive new
models, enjoy simu-
lated rides, or visit an
automobile museum
at the Toyota-run
MegaWeb
(left)
, the
world's biggest car
showroom.
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One of the highlights of the Decks is Sega Joyopolis, a virtual
reality arcade.
