Talk:Odaiba

message: Some places/links to consider adding to the attractions section:
Palette Town
http://www.palette-town.com/
Venus Fort
http://www.venusfort.co.jp/
Sun Walk
http://www.sunwalk.net/
Daikanransha (Giant Ferris Wheel)
http://www.daikanransha.com/
Leisure Land
http://www.leisureland.jp/
-- Peter Kaminski 19:13, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: links

message: Seeing as Tokyo Big Sight doesn't have it's own article, why not add it here? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.255.222.25 (talk) 20:12, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Tokyo Big Sight

message: "Daikanransha, the world's largest ferris wheel after the London Eye"
Does anybody have a source for this? There are so many other ferris wheels that have been said to either be the largest or among the largest in the world, including a few in Japan alone: the Cosmo Clock 21 in Yokohama, the Sky Dream in Fukuoka and the one in Tempozan, Osaka. Does anyone have any information that could help verify these claims?
--Stephen Mok 19:12, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Probably, it's wrong.  According to the webpage the height is 115m /110m (ring). The one in Kasai claims 117m/111m.  Cosmo Clock 21 is 112.5m/100m same as the Tempozan.  The Sky Dream is 120m/112m.  The Star of Nanchang, China is 162m.  I guess there is a permanent race going on and it also probably depends on how you measure the height.
Moved the little tidbit of information about Digimon to a section at the bottom called "Odaiba in Fiction." This kind of trivia does not belong in the opening lines of an article. --Black Orpheus 06:48, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Attractions 

message: I was trying to trace the source of an image of dubious copyright status from Tokyo Teleport Town, and found it on a thesis that compares urban projects around the world.  Odaiba is included, and as the thesis seems to have been researched in 1995 (as the world expo was being scrapped), it provides an interesting perspective. here is the chapter of the thesis online.  And, despite being a thesis, I think there are several interesting parts which would not violate WP:OR if they were included in this article. Neier 06:28, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Online research 

message: As far as I understand Odaiba is actually only the northern part of the artifical island belonging to Minato Ward (northern part of dumping place no. 13, see Japanese entry) but commonly the whole island seems to be called by that name.  In that case the Tokyo Teleport Town entry should be merged with this article.
Forgot: I think 'Daiba' is the name of the orginial fortresses (and now also the name of a Yurikamome monorail station close to that place) whereas 'Odaiba' is the modern name of the larger area.
: Daiba is Japanese for "fortress" or "battery".  "Odaiba" just means (more or less) "the fortress", because it was the first and biggest in Edo times.  In Japanese, the area is officially known as Rinkai, which simply means "seaside", but the term "Odaiba" is quite well understood. Jpatokal 10:43, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Are you sure about the name?  If I read the Japanese entry correctly then "Odaiba" is a corruption of "Houdaiba" (砲台場), i.e. a fortress with cannons. 130.69.200.200 07:52, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Agree to the merger. Been living in Tokyo later Yokohama for 20 years; for me Tokyo Teleport Town is almost a synonym for the Odaiba area. Just missing some hitech for teleportation  ;-) Bernd in Japan 07:45, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I also agree to the merger. The articles should be one and the same.  -- Gloriamarie 16:45, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: By the way, what is the story behind the landfill claims? When I was living in Japan, all Japanese I knew also agreed that Odaiba used to be a landfill, but I don't see any information about that in the article. Anybody has information that could be contributed on that? 75.31.43.108 06:51, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger with [[Tokyo Teleport Town]] 

message: Is this the opinion of one of the authors (I wouldn't swim their either) or the official advice from some authority?  Either way, that point should be clarified.
: Last I checked (it's been a while) there were signs on the beach prohibiting swimming. Jpatokal 04:33, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Swimming not recommended" 

message: I just reverted the article to an older revision because I felt that before exchanging all fotos unjustified the matter should be discussed first here. 130.69.200.200 07:05, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent exchange of fotos and removal of links 

message: "There is are large animals except wild cats and pets." Is this supposed to read "There are no...?" 72.191.151.243 (talk) 16:35, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nature 

message: what is the significant of this name?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.114.195.242 (talk) 16:29, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: etymology

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thread_title:  A Commons file used on this page has been nominated for deletion 

message: The first paragraph currently says
> 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 HQ
No source is given. Yokosuka is 60km from Odaiba. What does it have to do with Odaiba? It seems like either someone should add the source that shows its relevance or remove the sentence.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Greggman (talk • contribs) 00:16, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Quite right, don't know how I didn't see that before. It was added by a one time user who also edited Yokosuka to add Odaiba in there. I think it was trying to clumsily reference that there used to be an Odaiba in Yokosuka, but as you point out this isn't actually relevant. I've removed it. Canterbury Tail talk 02:00, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yokosuka Relationship Source