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Odaiba is a large artificial island in Tokyo Bay. Originally constructed during the Edo period as a fortress, the once derelict site has been under redevelopment since the mid 1980s. Today the area is Tokyo’s playground where locals go to walk a dog for an hour, walk in date place or get married at Daiba love…
Read More →When you move to the artificial island of Odaiba across the Rainbow Bridge, on the right, beyond the palace of the Fuji TV, you will notice a big white ship. From that distance, the only detail that could possibly indicate that in fact it is a building, is the unusual height of the control tower, that is too tall to be a real ship, with a strangely color red on top. In fact this construction is called Fune no Kagakukan, and it is the Museum of Maritime Science of Tokyo. The unusual tower…
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