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A six-story museum shaped like a full-sized ocean liner, unsurprisingly devoted to ships.
A six-story museum shaped like a full-sized ocean liner, unsurprisingly devoted to ships. One of the main displays, a gigantic turbine engine, was actually set in place first and the museum was built around it. There are a few historic vessels on the adjacent wharf; unfortunately the World War II-era 'Emily' flying boat has been moved to Kagoshima. The museum has only Japanese explanations though.
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3-1 Higashiyashio, 品川区 Shinagawa-ku, Tōkyō-to 135-0092, Japan
+81 3-5500-1111
Yurikamome Fune no kagakukan or Telecom Center
An Odaiba landmark which looks like it's built of tinkertoys
Palette Town (Yurikamome Aomi or Rinkai Tokyo Teleport)
Palette Town (Yurikamome Aomi or Rinkai Teleport Town)
Completed on 26 Aug 1993, this gateway to Odaiba is among the most beautiful modern bridges in Japan
If you're visiting Tokyo on business, this, Japan's largest exhibition and convention center, might already be your destination
This small museum hosts a variety of interesting exhibitions in a 1930's house which is a great example of modern architecture in pre-war Japan
A Jodo Shinshu temple just a few blocks away from the fish market, worth seeing because of its unique, South Asian-inspired architecture
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Originally built by 17th century daimyo Matsudaira Tsunashige as a private residence and duck hunting grounds at the mouth of the Sumida River, Hama-rikyu is now a public walking garden with an all-season range of flowers and flowering trees