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Japan: Boat ride to Odaiba; giant Gundam statue at DiverCity Mall

By Mithun Divakaran
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Apr 07, 2016
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Japan, Travel

Date: 28th March 2015

After enjoying the relaxing walk along Sumida river and capturing the cherry blossom trees in bloom, I was now going to get on a boat to Odaiba — a major shopping and entertainment district in Tokyo Bay.

Sumida river boat ticket number card — I paid ¥1310 (₹750/$11.5/€10) for my one way journey to Odaiba

Inside Sumida tour boat Tokyo — I sat inside for a while

Asahi golden building Tokyo Japan — That golden building belonging to Asahi breweries is meant to resemble a beer mug

Asahi building Sumida river Tokyo — Asahi Beer Hall with the “golden turd” on top

Sumida river boat tour Tokyo — It didn’t take me long to go up to the top of the boat

Tourists boat tour Sumida river Tokyo — Seemed like the majority of the passengers chose not to sit down below

Office building Sumida river Tokyo — Passed many interesting looking buildings along the way

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Japan: Cherry blossom celebrations by Sumida River

By Mithun Divakaran
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Mar 29, 2016
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Japan, Travel

Date: 28th March 2015

After checking out Denboin Garden near Sensoji temple, I walked towards Sumida River next.

Skytree gold building Asahi Sumida — I was here to check out the sakura festivities on either side of the Sumida River

Tokyo Cruise building Sumida river — Plenty of boat tours from this station

Tokyo cruise map Sumida river — Here’s a map of the waterway service

Sumida river tour boat Tokyo — I would take one of these boats later

Sumida river two sides panorama — A wide panorama of both banks

Tokyo sky tree panorama Japan — The Tokyo Skytree, shot using my 70-200 mm lens

Asahi beer hall golden building Tokyo — I decided to check out this side of the river bank first

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