Odaiba Island Tokyo Walk
Odaiba (お台場) is a huge man-made island in Tokyo Bay, Japan, located across the Rainbow Bridge from the city centre. In the 1850s, Odaiba was erected in this region for defence purposes. Reclaimed land offshore Shinagawa was rapidly extended as a seaport district in...
Shinagawa Battery Islands (品川台場)
In the late Edo period (1600-1868), the Tokugawa shogunate deployed artillery batteries along the Japanese coastline to defend the shores against a possible incursion of foreign naval forces. Shinagawa had the pivotal role of protecting Edo, modern-day Tōkyō...
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