Yumenoshima
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| Waters | Tokyo Bay | |
| Geographical location | 35 ° 39 '0 " N , 139 ° 49' 55" E | |
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| surface | 1.53 km² | |
Yumenoshima ( Japanese 夢 の 島 , dt. "Island of Dreams") is a Japanese island in the Bay of Tokyo and a district of the Kōtō district . The island was artificially built by dumping rubbish.
history
The island was originally conceived in the 1930s as the location for Tokyo's new airport to replace Tokyo Haneda Airport . This plan was completed in 1938 and work on the island's construction began in 1939 but was then postponed due to resource constraints caused by World War II. After the war, the plan for the airport was canceled because the Allies wanted to expand Haneda rather than build a completely new airport. A public beach opened on the island in 1947, at which time the name Yumenoshima was chosen. In 1950 the beach closed and from 1957 the island was used as a garbage dump.
Attractions
Yumenoshima is a small district and consists of:
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Yumenoshima Park (夢 の 島 公園
Yumenoshima Kōen ), a public park with several facilities such as a tropical botanical garden, a sports complex, a barbecue area, a colosseum, a marina and a sports stadium.
- Yumenoshima Sports Stadium ( 江東 区 夢 の 島 陸上 競技場 Kōtō-ku Yumenoshima Rikujō Kyōgijō )
- Tropical House Yumenoshima ( 夢 の 島 熱 帯 植物 館 Yumenoshima Nettai Shokubutsukan )
- Sports Culture House Tokyo ( 東京 ス ポ ー ツ 文化館Tōkyō Supōtsu Bunkakan )
The Daigo Fukuryū Maru , a wooden fishing trawler, can also be seen on Yumenoshima today . This was exposed to fallout during the nuclear test on Bikini Atoll in 1954 and then converted into a training ship and later abandoned near Yumenoshima.
Olympia 2020
Archery competitions should be held in Yumenoshima during the 2020 Summer Olympics . The corresponding competitions of the Paralympics 2020 will also be held there.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article in the Nikkei Shimbun, 11/15/13
- ↑ Yumenoshima website ( memento of the original from October 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Metro Tokyo ( Memento of the original from November 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ City Koto ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
