Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Dai-san Daiba
Historical Park
Kokusai-tenjijo
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Fuji TV Building
Two blocks of this Kenzo Tange-
designed building
(below)
are joined
by girder-like sky corridors and a tita-
nium-paneled sphere, making it res-
emble a hi-vision, wide-screen TV set.
Tokyo-
teleport
Shiokaze
Park
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Carbon
Fiber
Garden
Cantilevered over
a polished marble
base, the sculptured
garden
(center)
was
made from carbon fiber
and illuminated rods.
It was conceived by
Makoto Sei Watanabe.
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Museum of
Maritime Science
This outstanding museum
traces the development
of shipping and ocean
transportation. A simula-
tion of the 1920s Tokyo
waterfront is complete
with chandler's stores and
perspiring stevedores.
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Palette Town
Palette Town, a
complex of stores,
showrooms, and amuse-
ments, is home to Venus
Fort, a designer shopping
mall
(below)
with a
stunning interior.
Defending
the Bay
Man-made islands were
built as cannon batteries
by the Edo-era Tokugawa
government to protect
Tokyo from foreign
invasion. The fear was
well founded. In the
1850s, heavily armed
American steamships,
led by Commodore
Perry, moored close
offshore
(see p32)
.
In all, five islands
were built. Today, only
Battery Island No. 3
and 6 remain.
(
National Museum
)
Rainbow Bridge
of Emerging
Science and
Innovation
Housed in a futuristic
building, this museum
focuses on space, life
sciences
(below)
, and
cutting-edge technologies.
At night this graceful
bridge is illuminated
against the backdrop of
a huge Ferris wheel.
Fireworks displays are
held on the waters around
the bridge's stanchions
in the summer.
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The ceiling of the Venus Fort in Palette Town changes throughout
the day, from blue skies to lush sunsets to fork lightning.
