What to do and see in Odaiba / Shiodome / Shinbashi, Kanto: The Best Sights & Landmarks

Another of Tokyo's entertainment districts, this man-made island in Tokyo Bay is home to restaurants, theme parks and interesting architecture.

On the 40th floor, 152 m in height, there is one of Tokyo's finest "Seaside Top" view points with a view of Minato Ward below. From the 200m-per-view corridor, you can overlook Tokyo's two largest towers, Tokyo Tower and Sky Tree, as well as Odaiba and the seaside area such as Rainbow Bridge. There are wide-ranging landscapes such as cityscapes in central Tokyo, Shinkansen, transportation systems such as monorails and expressways, and vessels overlooking Tokyo Bay. In particular, it is a valuable experience to be able to observe the moment when the point of the monorail changes from directly above.

This well-known temple stands next to Tokyo Tower, and its grounds contain the mausoleum of the Tokugawa family.

ARK Hills is a metropolitan complex that houses offices, residences, a hotel, a concert hall and more. This complex leads the times and creates new value in the areas of business, residence, culture, greenery, community and so on. ARK Hills features the ARK Garden with an abundance of natural feeling through each season, along with the ARK Karajan Place that hosts lively seasonal events. To add to this, the complex brings delight with around 60 highly individualistic restaurants and shops, not only to those who use the facility every day but also to those who are just visiting. - Duty-free: no shops (no duty-free counter available) - Wi-Fi: available - Methods of payment: credit card (all brands), UnionPay card - Major shops: Nihonbashi Tempurameshi Kaneko Hannosuke at ARK Hills, Nihonbashi Kaisendon Tsujihan, Kanazawa Katsuzo, Sushi Kyoutatsu, Okonomiyaki of Toda Wataru Sante-kan

Odaiba Marine Park has sand and rocks surrounding a quiet cove that spreads out beside Daiba Park (Battery #3). Odaiba is one of Japan’s lading tourist spots sporting a fusion of natural water and greenery with futuristic scenery such as Rainbow Bridge, the Fuji Television Building and urban resort hotels. This is the heart of the continuously evolving coastal subcenter of Tokyo. You can spend a fun time regardless of the season at Odaiba Marine Park, which is also famed as a standard stop for students on school trips and travelers from within Japan and abroad. Many have been spiritually soothed by the truly magnificent and beautiful sunset and night view seen from Odaiba Marine Park. You can enjoy the view as you stroll along the beach or grassy lawns, or from the observation deck or the Skywalk.

On Odaiba, an artificial island developed to showcase futuristic living, the Fuji TV Building is an eye-catching landmark. It sits like a docked space shuttle atop a hyper-modern lattice building.

"The Jokisen tea that awakens one from a peaceful sleep/With only four cups, the night is sleepless" This comical tanka satirizes the state of strife throughout Edo when an American fleet led by Admiral Matthew Perry appeared in Uraga Channel in June 1853, in the closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate. However, It was the shogunate itself that was surprised by the arrival of the black ships. The shogunate didn't even have large ships to defend itself from an attack by the foreign warships. So it came up with the idea of building batteries. As a result, it built six batteries off the coast of Shinagawa. However, in the end, they went unused and were neglected. They were known as the Shinagawa Daiba, and their designer was Egawa Taro-zaemon, the prefectural governor of Nirayama in Izu Province. The six batteries lasted until the Showa period, but four were removed as part of maintenance of Tokyo Bay, and only the two best preserved, No. 3 Battery and No. 6 Battery, were designated nat