Sunday i took a trip out to Odaiba, 2 trains and about 40 minutes from home.

Odaiba (お台場) is a large artificial island in Tokyo, Japan, featuring many hypermodern and just plain strange looking buildings.

Odaiba was originally constructed in 1853 by the Tokugawa shogunate as a series of 6 fortresses in order to protect Tokyo from attack by sea, the primary threat being Commodore Matthew Perry’s Black Ships, which had arrived in the same year. Daiba in Japanese refers to the cannon batteries placed on the islands.

The area is now a very popular shopping and entertainment destination featuring attractions such as Decks Tokyo Beach, Aquacity Odaiba, Museum of Maritime Science, National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, Oedo Onsen Monogatari, Palette Town, Venus Fort, Sun Walk, Tokyo Big Site and the list goes on.