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New Transit Yurikamome (新交通ゆりかもめ, Shinkōtsū Yurikamome), formerly the Tokyo Waterfront New Transit Waterfront Line (東京臨海新交通臨海線, Tōkyō Rinkai Shinkōtsū Rinkai-sen), is an automated guideway transit service operated by Yurikamome, Inc., connecting Shimbashi to Toyosu, via the artificial island of Odaiba in Tokyo, Japan, a market in which it competes with ...
Odaiba (お台場) is a large artificial island in Tokyo Bay, Japan, across the Rainbow Bridge from central Tokyo. Odaiba was initially built for defensive purposes in the 1850s. Odaiba was initially built for defensive purposes in the 1850s.
While not part of the Tokyo subway network (as it was built to JR specifications), the Rinkai Line is fully grade separated and runs underground for nearly 10 km (6.2 mi) of its 12.2 km (7.6 mi) distance, going as low as 40 meters (130 ft) below the ground when crossing under the Port of Tokyo.
A Hilton hotel, a Grand Nikko hotel, and AQUA CiTY ODAIBA mall are located near the station. [citation needed] References External links. Official information site ...
The Rainbow Bridge (レインボーブリッジ, Reinbō Buridji) is a suspension bridge crossing northern Tokyo Bay between Shibaura Pier and the Odaiba waterfront development in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It is named Tōkyō Kō Renrakukyō (東京港連絡橋) as the official name in Japanese.
Miraikan adopted a unique map projection called AuthaGraph projection as its official world mapping tool. AuthaGraph projection was developed by Japanese architect Hajime Narukawa in 1999. "This projection method transfers a 3-dimentional [ sic ] sphere into a 2-dimensional rectangle while maintaining areas proportions.
The Bayshore Route (湾岸線, Wangan-sen) signed as Route B, is one of the routes of the tolled Shuto Expressway system in the Greater Tokyo Area.The Bayshore Route is a 62.1-kilometer (38.6 mi) stretch of toll highway that runs from the Kanazawa ward of Yokohama in the west, northeast to the city of Ichikawa in Chiba Prefecture in the east.
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