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1 3 National
Kokusai- 9
Tenjijo Museum of
SHUTO EXPRESSWAY and Innovation
5 Emerging Science
EAST PROMENADE
0 Tokyo- Laid out in a futuristic
8 Teleport 7 building, this museum
6 CENTRAL PROMENADE 2 focuses on space, life
Shiokaze
Park sciences, and cutting-
edge technology (below).
DiverCity 6
WEST
PROMENADE
9 Tokyo Plaza
4 Lovers of Japanese pop
culture will delight at the
statue of the anime robot
Gundam in front of this
mega-shopping mall,
which has a Gundam-
themed exhibition hall.
Tokyo
7 Decks and
Big Sight
Aqua City
The megalithic exhibition 0
center has an eighth-floor Decks is a wooden
Observation Lounge. The boulevard of outdoor
gravity-defying structure patios and restaurants.
consists of four inverted Next door, Aqua City has
pyramids standing on a restaurants, a cinema,
seemingly narrow base. video arcade, and theater.

Odaiba Marine
5
Park
A man-made beach and
a replica of New York’s
Statue of Liberty are
Fuji TV Building
among the attractions 8
of this park, along with Two blocks of this Kenzo Tange-designed
mesmerizing views of building (above) are joined by girder-like sky
the city skyline and corridors and a tita nium-paneled sphere, making
Rainbow Bridge. it res emble a hi-definition, wide-screen TV set.
NEED TO KNOW National Museum of DiverCity Tokyo Plaza: 5927-
MAP D2 Emerging Science and 9321; www.divercity-tokyo.
Innovation: 3570-9151. com/en. Open 10am–11pm
Palette Town: 3529-1821; Open 10am–5pm Mon,
www.palette-town.com • The island gets packed
Wed–Sun. Adm
RiSuPia: 3599-2600. Open on weekends. Weekdays
10am–6pm Tue–Sun. Adm Tokyo Big Sight: 5530-1111 are usually quieter.
Oedo Onsen Monogatari: Fuji TV Building: 5500- • Grab a bite to eat at
5500-1126. Open 11am– 8888. Open 10am–6pm the Thé Chinois Madu, a
9pm. Adm daily. Adm teahouse in Venus Fort.

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