Odaiba, Artificial island in Tokyo Bay, Japan.
Odaiba is a reclaimed island in Tokyo Bay with shopping centers, museums, entertainment facilities, and a beach overlooking the Rainbow Bridge. Development spreads across several neighboring districts along the waterfront, where wide plazas and pedestrian paths connect individual buildings.
The name comes from the daiba (batteries) built in 1853, when Egawa Hidetatsu constructed cannon islands for the Tokugawa shogunate against Commodore Perry's fleet. Of eleven planned batteries, six were finished; No. 3 opened as a public park in 1928. Landfill No. 13 was completed in 1979, and in the 1990s Governor Shunichi Suzuki's Tokyo Teleport Town plan redeveloped the area, halted in 1995 after over ¥1 trillion had been spent.
A giant robot from a Japanese series stands outside a shopping center and moves its head and arms during the day. Visitors gather in front to take photos, while inside the center themed shops sell figures and models.
The Yurikamome is an automated rubber-tyred transit line, not a monorail; it crosses the Rainbow Bridge from Shimbashi and serves Odaiba Kaihin Koen, Daiba, Tokyo International Cruise Terminal, Telecom Center and Aomi stations. The Rinkai Line stops at Tokyo Teleport. Water buses dock at Odaiba Kaihin Koen, and the promenades along the water are wide and step-free.
A museum houses a circular screen displaying Earth from space. A small replica of the Statue of Liberty looks out over the water, about half the height of the original.
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