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About Tokyo Gate Bridge
The design fulfils the requirement to be high enough to allow large ships to pass underneath, but low enough not to interfere with air traffic to the nearby Haneda Airport. It is a double cantilever bridge, which means that the truss sections from either side can be completed in balance, and then joined by the addition of the relatively short central span. The resemblance of the bridge to two monsters facing off has given it the nickname of ‘Dinosaur Bridge’ (恐竜橋, Kyōryū-bashi).
Photos of Tokyo Gate Bridge
About Odaiba
Today’s Odaiba is a popular shopping and sightseeing destination for Tokyoites and tourists alike. Major attractions include:
Palette Town, including: Daikanransha (Ferris wheel), the Toyota exhibition hall called Megaweb, MORI Building Digital Art Museum, Tokyo Leisure Land, a Venice-themed shopping mall called VenusFort, and Zepp Tokyo
Fuji Television studios with a distinctive building designed by Kenzo Tange
Miraikan, Japan’s National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation
Rainbow Bridge connecting Odaiba to the heart of Tokyo
Tokyo Big Sight Tokyo International Exhibition Center
Aqua City, a shopping center featuring a chapel, Toys “R” Us and 13-screen United Cinemas
DiverCity Tokyo Plaza, a shopping center containing Unko Museum Tokyo, second Zepp location dubbed Zepp DiverCity and world’s first Doraemon Future Department Store (ドラえもん未来デパート)
Gundam Base Tokyo, featuring a 22-meter (72 feet) tall statue of Gundam
Zepp DiverCity
Decks Tokyo Beach shopping mall, featuring Sega Joypolis, Odaiba Takoyaki Museum, Madame Tussauds and Legoland Discovery Center
Museum of Maritime Science (Fune no kagakukan) with swimming pool
Oedo-Onsen-Monogatari sentō Water to the baths rise up from 1400 meters underground. 14 Different baths
Shiokaze park with BBQ places and Higashi Yashio park
Telekom Center Building (MXTV’s former headquarters) with observation deck
One of two beaches in urban Tokyo (swimming prohibited), along with Kasai Rinkai Park in Edogawa Ward
A replica of the Statue of Liberty
Panasonic Centre, a science and technology showroom
Sea Forest Waterway, the regatta venue for rowing and canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.
About Kachidoki Station
Kachidoki Station (勝どき駅, Kachidoki eki) is a subway station on the Toei Oedo Line in Chūō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation.
About Kachidoki Bridge 勝鬨橋
A walk across the Kachidoki Bridge is a chance to view Japanese technology and ingenuity up close. It is the last of the 27 bridges that span the Sumida River before it reaches Tokyo Bay. Featuring a double-leaf bascule mechanism that raised its sides to allow ships through when freight was mainly transported by boat, the bridge opened in 1940, but had the spans permanently shuttered for road traffic in 1970.
Visitors can view the electric generators that helped open and power the bridge, as well as other bridge paraphernalia at the nearby Kachidoki Bridge Museum. Located near the Tsukiji Fish Market, an excursion to the bridge and museum is a pleasant way to round out a morning in the area.
About Shin-Kiba Station
Shin-Kiba Station (新木場駅, Shin-kiba-eki) is a railway station in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan, operated jointly by Tokyo Metro, East Japan Railway Company (JR East), and Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit (TWR).
About Sumida River
The Sumida River (隅田川, Sumida-gawa) is a river that flows through Tokyo, Japan. It branches from the Arakawa River at Iwabuchi and flows into Tokyo Bay. Its tributaries include the Kanda and Shakujii rivers.
What is now known as the “Sumida River” was previously the path of the Ara-kawa. Toward the end of the Meiji era, the Ara-kawa was manually diverted to prevent flooding.
It passes through the following wards of Tokyo.
Kita
Adachi
Arakawa
Sumida
Taito
Kōtō
Chūō
Japan Weather Forecast for Travelers
Japan National Tourism Organization
Information on Japan is available in multiple languages.
TokyoWalks (PDF available)
Cherry Blossoms
AloJapan.com