japan32 tokyo4 river cruise
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You can take a variety of cruise boats along the Sumida River. The most popular is to take a boat from Asakusa to Hinode Pier and Odaiba. There is a total of 12 bridges on this route.Journey takes around 40 minutes to Hinode Pier and an extra 10 minutes if going to Odaiba.
The Sumida River (Sumida-gawa) is a river which flows through Tokyo. It branches from the Arakawa River at Iwabuchi and flows into Tokyo Bay. The Tokyo Cruise Ship service (also called the Suijou Bus, or Water Bus) is the way to travel along the Sumida River from Asakusa
AsakusaAzumabashi (Bridge)The Asahi Beer Hall (a.k.a. Super Dry Hall, or Flamme d'Or)
AsakusaAzumabashi (Bridge)The Asahi Beer Hall (a.k.a. Super Dry Hall, or Flamme d'Or)
A futuristic water bus
Bording on a cruise ship
The Asahi Beer Hall (a.k.a. Super Dry Hall, or Flamme d'Or)
The KomagataBashi (Bridge)
The UmayaBashi (Bridge)
The KuramaeBashi (Bridge)
The Kiyosu-bashi Bridge
Chuo-Ohashi Bridge, one of the many bridges over the Sumida
Tsukishima (island neighborhood): The Tokyo Towers, a condominium complex and the smokestack of the Chuo Incineration Plant
Sumida Tsukiji-more Kachidori Bashi (Bridge)
Tokyo Bay Rainbow Bridge
The Rainbow Bridge connects Odaiba to the rest of Tokyo
Hinode pier & Inter-Continental Tokyo Bay
Odaiba
The headquarters of Fuji TV is one of the most striking buildings in all of Japan
Odaiba is a popular shopping and entertainment district on a man made island in Tokyo Bay. It originated as a set of small man made fort islands (daiba literally means "fort"), which were built towards the end of the Edo Period (1603-1868) to protect Tokyo against possible attacks from the sea
The headquarters of Fuji Television, one of Japan's private, nationwide TV stations
You can see some exhibits on popular programs and buy Fuji TV goods at a shop
Kenzo Tange
You can access the futuristic looking building's observatory deck housed in the sphere shaped part of the building
The headquarters of Fuji Televisiondesigned by Kenzo Tange
There are nice views of the Rainbow Bridge from the wooden deck in front of Aquacity and neighboring Decks.
Kenzō Tange (1913 – 2005) was a Japanese architect, and winner of the 1987 Pritzker Prize for architecture. He was one of the most significant architects of the 20th century, combining traditional Japanese styles with modernism, and designed major buildings on five continents. 1955: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Hiroshima1964: St. Mary's Cathedral (Tokyo Cathedral) 1966: Master plan for rebuilding of Skopje, Macedonia, then part of Yugoslavia after the 1963 earthquake1967: Shizuoka Press and Broadcasting Tower Tokyo1967: Towers of Fiera district Bologna, Italy1982: Centro Direzionale, Naples1982: Central Area New Capital City of Nigeria1986: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore1986: OUB Centre, Singapore1987: American Medical Assoc Headquarters Chicago1991: Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, Shinjuku1992: UOB Plaza, Singapore1993: Phu My Hung Master Plan, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam1996: Fuji Television Building, Odaiba, Tokyo1998: University of Bahrain, Sakhir, Bahrain2000: Tokyo Dome Hotel2003: The Linear – Private Apartments, Singapore2005: Hwa Chong Institution Boarding School, Singapore
Kenzō Tange - Yoyogi National Gymnasium (1964) The gymnasium and swimming pool were designed by Tange for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, the first Olympics held in Asia. At the time it was built, the gymnasium had the world's largest suspended roof span. Tange won a Pritzker Prize for the design; the citation described the gynasium as "among the most beautiful buildings of the 20th century"..
Aquacity is a shopping mall featuring various stores, boutiques, restaurants, cafes and a 13 screen cinema complex. The fifth floor houses a ramen food theme park where you can try different ramen (a Japanese noodle soup dish) from all over Japan.
Plastic food replicas appear in the windows and display cases of establishments which serve food throughout Japan. Once made from wax, today they are usually made out of plastic
The plastic models are mostly handmade from polyvinyl chloride and carefully sculpted to look like the actual dishes
The food displays are called sampuru, derived from the English word "sample”
The models are custom-tailored to restaurants and even common items such as ramen will be modified to match each establishment's food
During the molding process, the imitation ingredients are often chopped up and combined in a manner similar to actual cooking
Regular competitions are held in making fake food dishes out of plastic and other materials
The craftsmanship has been raised to an art form. Japanese plastic food by the Maizuru Company was exhibited at London's Victoria and Albert Museum in 1980
Also known as Tokyo International Exhibition Center, Tokyo Big Sight is Japan's largest exhibition and convention center and one of the bay islands' boldest architectural creations. A wide array of events are held at the Big Sight throughout the year including the Tokyo International Anime Fair, the Comiket comic fair and the Tokyo Motor Show
Odaiba Modern Art
What’s perhaps most surprising about the replica of the Statue of Liberty in Odaiba is that it’s not Japan’s only one. At least two more exist (one in Shimoda, one in Osaka), though neither command views as impressive as those afforded Tokyo’s lucky Lady. Overlooking Tokyo Bay and Rainbow Bridge, she has held her ground since 2000, back by popular demand having originally been a temporary fixture for ‘The French Year of Japan’, 1998-1999
The Rainbow Bridge connects Odaiba to the rest of Tokyo
The Rainbow Bridge
The two story bridge is an iconic symbol of the bay and is especially beautiful during its nightly illumination
The bridge supports an expressway, a regular road, the Yurikamome train line and pedestrian walkways along both sides
This statue is a replica of the Statue of Liberty in Paris, France that was brought to Odaiba Seaside Park for around one year from April 1998 in commemoration of "The French Year in Japan." It measures approximately 12.25 meters tall from its pedestal and weighs about nine tons
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