Odaiba tokyo. The area sometimes known as teleport town came to be during the bubble economy of the eighties its land reclaimed from the water. Odaiba today is a large artificial island in tokyo bay japan across the rainbow bridge from central tokyoodaiba was initially built in this area for defensive purposes in the 1850s. The island built in tokyo bay was originally created by the edo shogunate 1603 1867 to protect tokyo from the threat of marine attacks.
Tokyos entertainment islehigh tech modern and colorful. A lot of interesting places you can find here. The original odaiba opened in 1860 as a port and shipyard in the city today known as yokosuka site of the joint japanese us fleet hqreclaimed land offshore shinagawa was dramatically expanded.
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 and specifically in response to the gunboat diplomacy of commodore perry. Odaiba is a the place thats closest to my heart in tokyoat least as close a place a man made island in the middle of tokyo bay could possibly claim. Nowadays it is one of the large tourist attractions in tokyo and rainbow bridge is its most remarkable landmark.
Odaiba is a popular shopping and entertainment district on a man made island in tokyo bay. An ultramodern area on tokyo bay the odaiba district is your go to place for pleasure cruising shopping and general seaside fun. You can still find the remains of the artillery battery.