SUMIDA RIVER

Main river and most loved river in Tokyo The Sumida River: flowing

through central Tokyo. It
branches from the Arakawa
River at Iwabuchi water gateand flows into Tokyo Bay(23.5km).

 Asahi Beer Hall, (the Asahi Flame, Flammed’Or): Headquarters of Asahi Breweries, oneof the largest beer breweries in Japan

 It was designed by French designer PhilippeStarc.

 The shape of the building is showing a beerglass. A golden structure at the top represents
both the 'burning heart of Asahi beer' and afrothy head. The 360-tonne golden flame wasmade by shipbuilders using submarineconstruction techniques.

 The Asahi Flame is sometimes colloquiallyreferred to as "the golden turdor as "poobuilding".

 The original shape of flame was designed asvertical but changed to horizontal by
structural problem.

 Tokyo Skytree is a broadcasting andobservation tower. Its full height of 634
meters (2,080 ft) completed on February
2012, the tallest tower in the world and thesecond tallest structure in the world after theBurj Khalifa (829.8 m/2,722 ft).

 1st observation deck 350m (2000yen) and 2 ndis 450m high(3000yen).

 The tower has seismic proofing, including acentral shaft made of reinforced concrete,oil dampers and tuned mass damper.
According to the designers, the dampers
can absorb 50 percent of the energy froman earthquake.

 The Ryōgoku Bridge built in 1659, the oldest of threemain bridges that cross the Sumida River, meaning "twoprovinces", came from its joining Edo and Shimōsa
Province, rebuilt in 1932 and later in 2008.

 Ryōgoku Kokugikan or Sumo Hall, is an indoor sporting

arena, mainly used for sumo wrestling tournaments inJanuary, May, and September. The venue is also usedfor other indoor events, such as boxing, pro wrestling,and music concerts.

 The Edo-Tokyo Museum is a historical museum, openedin March 1993 to preserve Edo's cultural heritage, andfeatures city models of Edo and Tokyo between 1590
(just prior to the Edo period beginning) and 1964.

 Designed by Kiyonori Kikutake, the building is 62.2

meters tall. The concrete exterior is designed based ona traditional rice storehouse (takayuka-shiki style) and isthe same height as the Edo Castle.

 The Toyosu wholesale market for

seafood and for fruits and vegetables,
Tourists can observe the auction
market on a second floor viewing deck Popular Tuna auction will be operated

5:55 to 6:25 (only people who win prelottery can observe on the first floor).

 Tokyo Big Sight is the largest convention

and exhibition center in Japan,opened in April 1996.

 Its most distinctive feature is the uniquearchitecture of its 58 m-high eightstorey Conference Tower as a set offour inverted pyramids mounted uponlarge supports.

 Palette Town is a shopping malland entertainment complex

 Daikanransha, a Ferris wheel, 115-metre (377 ft) tall

 Mega Web, exhibition hall of car

maker Toyota

 The Team Lab; group of artworks

that form one borderless world Wander, explore, discover in one

borderless world DiverCity Tokyo Plaza, The statue ofUnicorn Gundam is installed outside themall.

 The futuristic shape of Fuji Television

Headquarters makes for an impressivebuilding, visitors can enjoy bay front
view from the HACHITAMA Spherical
Observation Room.

 The French Statue of Liberty from the Îleaux Cygnes came to Odaiba, from April
1998 to May 1999 in commemoration of"The French year in Japan“. A replica of
the French Statue of Liberty was erected
at the same place in 2000 .

 Odaiba Beach, 800-meter long artificial

beach Odaiba in Japanese literally “Battery”

built on 1854 by Tokugawa Shogunate
at ending of seclusion policy bydemand from Commodore Perry.

 Six batteries were built on reclaimed

land. Among six batteries only third andsixth are currently remaining.

 The third battery is now opened as

Daiba park. There are some remains inthe park including replicas of batteries.

 These batteries had not been used forany battle in the history.

 The Rainbow Bridge is a suspension

bridge crossing northern Tokyo Bay
between Shibaura Pier and the Odaiba
waterfront development.

 It was completed in 1993, 798 m (2,618ft) long with a main span of 580 m(1,903 ft).

 There are lamps placed on the wires

supporting the bridge, which areilluminated into three different colors,
red, white and green every night using
solar energy obtained during the day.

 The bridge has two separate walkways

on the north and south sides of thelower deck, about 20 mi. Walk.