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Elderly couple in kimonos dipping feet in ornamental foot bath, Oedo Onsen Monotogari, Odaiba.

Â© Anthony Plummer 2007

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Overview

In central Tokyo it’s easy to forget that the city started as a seaside town. Not so on Odaiba, a collection of artificial islands on Tokyo Bay. It's a family-oriented entertainment district, with interactive museums, shopping malls, arcades and even an onsen theme park. On adjacent island Toyosu is the city's new wholesale market (which replaced Tsukiji in 2018).

Attractions

Must-see attractions

Statue of Liberty

Odaiba & Tokyo Bay

A very popular photo-op, with the Rainbow Bridge in the background, is this 11m-tall replica of Lady Liberty, a fixture on Odaiba's waterfront since 2000.

TOKYO, JAPAN - JANUARY 05: A general view of the first tuna auction of the New Year at Toyosu Wholesale Fish Market on January 5, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
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Toyosu Market

Odaiba & Tokyo Bay

In 2018, Tokyo's central wholesale market moved from its iconic Tsukiji location to this new facility in Toyosu, a structure clearly dreamed up by…

Unicorn Gundam

Odaiba & Tokyo Bay

This is truly an only-in-Tokyo sight: a 19.7m-tall model of an RX-0 Unicorn Gundam from the wildly popular Mobile Suit Gundam anime franchise. It…

Terrada Art Complex

Odaiba & Tokyo Bay

Part of the re-fashioning of the Tennōzu Isle warehouse district, this charcoal-grey warehouse contains six contemporary galleries: Kodama Gallery (www…

National Museum of Emerging Science & Innovation (Miraikan)

Odaiba & Tokyo Bay

Miraikan means ‘hall of the future’, and the hands-on exhibits here present the science and technology that will possibly shape the years to come …

Tokyo Sea Life Park

Odaiba & Tokyo Bay

Tokyo Sea Life Park is the city's best aquarium. Particularly interesting is the exhibit that recreates Tokyo Bay's ecosystem – in case you were wondering…

Odaiba Kaihin-kōen

Odaiba & Tokyo Bay

There are good views of the central Tokyo skyline from this park’s promenades and elevated walkways – especially at night when old-fashioned yakatabune …

Saw, Sawing

Odaiba & Tokyo Bay

Looking like something giant builders left behind, this enormous, 15.5m-tall, red-handle and blade designed by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen is…

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