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Walk from the Miraikan past
the Telecom Center to reach
Oedo Onsen Monogatari 6,
a hot-spring theme park that
features various kinds of
traditional amusements in
an old-world atmosphere, in
addition to spa facilities. Follow
the Yurikamome Line north
toward Daiba Station. Ocean-
facing Shiokaze Park, a good q Rainbow Bridge and the Tokyo skyline

picnic spot with lots of trees, arcade, and a multiplex cinema.
is on the left. Just beyond the Visitors are usually surprised
station, the spectacular Fuji when they glimpse the
TV Building 7 (see p16) looms remarkable replica of New York
City’s Statue of Liberty 9 at the
edge of the concourse.
DAI-SAN DAIBA
HISTORICAL PARK Kokusai-tenjijo Stroll along the
SHUTO EXPRESSWAY NO 11 DAIBA LINE
outdoor wooden
Ariake
boulevards,
ODAIBA cafés, and
KAIHIN
PARK EAST PROMENADE eateries of
Odaiba Seaside SHUTO EXPRESSWAY WANGAN LINE Sunset Beach
Park Station tenjijo-seimon Restaurant
Kokusai-
Odaiba-kaihin- Row. This forms
kōen
the exterior
part of Decks
Tokyo Big Sight
Tokyo- Station Tokyo Beach, a
teleport
CENTRAL PROMENADE The Decks Tokyo Brewery,
Daiba shopping and
amusement complex.
SHIOKAZE Aomi on the fifth floor, is notable for
PARK the Daiba brand micro-beer
brewed on the premises. Sega
Palette Town
Station Joyopolis, a virtual reality
into view. arcade, occupies the third to
Fune-no- WEST PROMENADE
kagakukan Designed by fifth floors. Odaiba Marine Park
master Japanese 0, a sliver of green abutting a
architect Kenzo Tange, sandy, artificial beach, lies
the buil ding’s two main below Decks. Visitors peer over
sections are linked by the strip to the graceful lines of
walkways and a silver sphere the expansive Rainbow Bridge
Telecom- containing a restaurant and q, atmospherically illuminated
center an observation gallery. Aqua at night. Duck back into the
City 8, the complex next door, main building of Decks Tokyo
houses countless restaurants, Beach. Daiba Little Hong Kong
cafés, fashion stores, a video w up on the sixth and seventh
floors consists of several
“streets” that simulate a
downtown Chinese area. With
speakers emitting sounds of
feral cats fighting in narrow
lanes and the roar of planes
descending over washing lines,
it is more a romantic throwback
to mid-20th-century Hong
Kong than the modern city’s
skyscraper districts. Chinese
dumplings and dim sum at
Shi An Gyoza in Little Hong
Kong are a treat. The walk
ends here. Odaiba Kaihin-koen
5 The Miraikan, showcasing Japan’s high-tech wonders Station is nearby.
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