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Aoto Nippori Keisei Line Welcome to Koto City! A wide range of rail and city bus lines, including JR and subway lines, Keisei-Ueno Koto City is a distinctive community with a unique charm. serve Koto. It’s easy to reach Koto Traditions dating back to the Edo period coexist with trendy Tokyo from terminal stations such as Tokyo Station, as well as from sightseeing spots that showcase the latest in contemporary art and culture. destinations like Asakusa, the The coastal area, which is home to rows of skyscrapers, offers TS44 JB23 Imperial Palace, and Tokyo Skytree Town®. Bus service from urban stimulation in the form of shopping and entertainment, sightseeing spots located further while the Fukagawa and Joto areas provide a chance to away from train stations ensures getting around is convenient. experience Tokyo’s old-town ambience. Koto also offers abundant Moon Station Sightseeing shuttle bus service waterside and greenery, providing space for relaxation that belies connecting the coastal area with its location in the heart of the city. This warm community offers the Fukagawa and Joto areas (the APA Fukagawa Shuttle and Joto Shuttle) a fascinating set of contrasts—traditional and the contemporary, is available on Saturdays, Sundays, stimulating and atmospheric, urban and natural. It is also and public holidays. Sumida River attracting attention for future-oriented developments, including and various canals also provide convenient access from Odaiba and numerous competition venues for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Asakusa, and regular water bus service Paralympic Games, and the creation of legacies both tangible and is available. Shuttle bus service to Tokyo International Airport (Haneda Airport) and intangible that will last for years to come. Narita International Airport is available from Toyosu and Toyocho. L stay & Kabukiza grow Theatre Day Nice JE03 Live Max APA TSUKIJI OHASHI BRIDGE Prince Kameido Shichifukujin Pilgrimage Kaie JE04 Apa Fukagawa Shichifukujin Tokyo Pilgrimage Aquatics Centre Olympic Village Tatsumi Water Yumenoshima Park Polo Centre Archery Field Kameido Tenjin Ariake Y24 JE05 R01 Ume Festival Gymnastics Centre Mets Tokyo Bay Oedo-fukagawa Cherry Blossom Ariake Urban Sports Park R02 Festival late March to early April R03 Kotomi-chan, Koto City’s Odaiba-kaihinkoen Kameido Tenjin Tourism Mascot お台場海浜公園 Tokyo Big Sight Fuji Festival R04 東京ビッグサイト U11 IBC/ 11 mid April to early May MPC Aomi Urban Sports Park Kameido Useful Information Katori-jinja Shrine Tokyo International Cruise Terminal Kachiya Festival 東京国際クルーズターミナル U8 Using Public Transportation Fukagawa Tokyo Modern Kan You can purchase train tickets from ticket Koto Fireworks 1-19-15 Monzen-nakacho, Koto City, Tokyo machines at any station. They are used Show Map:H Tel.: 03-5639-1776 UMI NO both to enter and leave the station via MORI TUNNEL https://fukagawatokyo.com automatic ticket gates. Bus fares are paid Fukagawa Hachiman Hours: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm when boarding by placing cash in the Fridays and Saturdays: open until 7:00 pm fare slot on the bus. Travel by both train Festival Closed: Mondays and bus can be made more convenient by main festival held once every If Monday is a public holiday, it will be closed purchasing an IC card, which can then be three years the following Tuesday. The facility is also closed over the New Year’s used to pay for fares. In addition, one-day UMI NO MORI holiday and periodically in order to change BRIDGE 1 Tokyo Gate Bridge 4 Yumenoshima Tropical passes are a convenient and reasonably Sunamachi Ginza exhibits and for maintenance purposes. priced way to explore the city. One-day rail This enormous bridge, measuring Greenhouse Dome PASMO is a registered Tanabata Festival 2,618 meters in length and spanning This botanical museum is located passes can be purchased at ticket machines trademark of Pasmo Kameido Umeyashiki Co., Ltd. Sunamachi Ginza across the Port of Tokyo, is open to inside Yumenoshima Park. Filled at train stations, while one-day bus passes Shopping District 4-18-8 Kameido, Koto City, Tokyo pedestrians during the day. It’s also with tropical and subtropical plants, can be purchased on municipal buses. Map: K lit daily from sunset until midnight, the gigantic greenhouse resembles Tel.: 03-6802-9550 a jungle! The museum also has a ATM Folk Art Show making it a great spot from which to https://kameido-umeyashiki.com/ theatre and an exhibition hall. ATMs at post offices and convenience Municipal Kiba Park, mid October Hours: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm enjoy nighttime scenery of the bay. https://www.yumenoshima.jp Haneda Airport stores (such as 7-Eleven) are a handy (Winter: 9:30 am to 5:30 pm) way to get cash. Some credit cards Koto City Community Festival Closed: Mondays issued outside Japan can also be used Municipal Kiba Park, mid October If Monday is a public holiday, it will be closed the following Tuesday. The facility is also to withdraw cash in Japanese yen. Note closed periodically for site inspections and 1 Ariake Arena* that daily withdrawal limits, service Kameido Tenjin other maintenance purposes. Map of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games hours, and fees vary by card. Volleyball Wheelchair Basketball Kiku Festival https://www.sevenbank.co.jp/english/ late October to late 2 Eitai Bridge 5 Sunamachi Ginza Shopping District Paralympic Games ODAIBA SKY Olympic/Paralympic Facilities 2 Ariake Gymnastics Centre Community Cycles (Bicycle sharing) November Originally built in 1698 (although the Local residents shop on this street * Event venues indicated by an Tourist Information Many of the competition venues for the Tokyo 2020 asterisk will remain as legacy current structure was constructed later), on a daily basis, but people also Gymnastics Boccia Expand your sphere of activities by using Olympic and Paralympic Games will be located in venues after the Tokyo 2020 1-2-1 Ariake, Koto City, Tokyo Map: N-1 this bridge has been designated an come from far away in search of Olympics and Paralympics. the Community Cycle bike sharing service Koto City, making it central to the monumental event. 3 Koto Traditional Tel.: 03-6457-2700 Important Cultural Property by the delicious, inexpensive food and other Ariake Urban Sports Park “SPORTS & SUPPORTS KOTO City in TOKYO” endeavors to explore Koto in a fun and efficient way. https://tokyotouristinfo.com Japanese government. The bridge distinctive trappings of Japan’s old Cycling BMX Freestyle, BMX Racing / Skateboarding Art Show to contribute to the great success of the Games and the Bicycles feature power assist technology. Hours: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm attracts numerous mikoshi (portable town areas. Many tourists visit during Fukagawa Edo Museum, Since they can be rented and returned Closed: over the New Year’s holiday shrines) and visitors during the annual the Tanabata Festival in August. development of the City. 4 Ariake Tennis Park* late October to beginning of November freely at any of the many cycle ports *Held in May in 2021 Fukagawa Hachiman Festival. https://sunamachi-ginza.com Tennis Wheelchair Tennis located in the service’s coverage area, General Incorporated Association Instagram Takeshiba U3 5 which extends to sightseeing destinations Aomi Urban Sports Park Fukagawa Tori Koto City Tourism Association We post information on various 10 throughout the coastal region, riders can social media platforms. Hinode U4 Basketball 3x3 Basketball / Sport Climbing Football 5-a-side Market and c/o Koto-ku Sangyo Kaikan 4-5-18, Toyo, 9 enjoy every corner of the city. For more Koto City, Tokyo Map:T-1 information about how to use this service Otori-jinja Shrine Shibaura-Futo 6 Sea Forest Waterway* Tel.: 03-6458-7400 U5 and the location of cycle ports, see the Festival Shin-Kiba Canoe Sprint / Rowing Canoe, Rowing Hours: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm closed on Saturdays, Sundays, Rainbow Bridge Shinonome URL below. Tomioka-hachimangu Shrine and public holidays as well as over the New Year’s holiday 3 Nakagawa Funabansho Museum 6 Japanese Boat Experience Ariake https://docomo-cycle.jp/koto/en/ This museum specializes in the history Visitors can experience what it’s Tennis-no-Mori U13 7 Sea Forest Cross-Country Course Kokusai- Tourism Promotion Office, of water transport, which was used like to ride on a Japanese boat, free Ariake U12 Equestrian Eventing (Cross-Country) Sento (Public Baths) Tenjijo to carry cargo from the city’s rivers of charge, at the seaside pier in Culture and Tourism Section, Koto City Odaiba-kaihinkōen With features including large bathtubs and U6 Tokyo Tokyo Port 8 Yumenoshima Park Archery Field* to the larger Kanto region and other Yokojikkengawa-shinsui Park. Same- Daiba Tokyo 4-11-28 Toyo, Koto City, Tokyo Map:T-1 U7 Big Sight murals of subjects like Mt. Fuji, public baths destinations nationwide. A diorama day reservations are accepted (although Teleport U11 11 Wakasu Archery Archery Tel.: 03-3647-3312 provide a highly accessible experience of recreates the Nakagawa Lookout prior reservations are required for groups). Aomi Golf Hours: 8:30 am to 5:00 pm closed on Saturdays, Sundays, and public U10 on the Onagi River from which boat Check the website in advance as Links 9 Japanese bath culture. Their low prices holidays as well as over the New Year’s holiday Tokyo International Tatsumi Water Polo Centre* traffic to and from the city of Edo boats depart about once a week on a are a part of the appeal, but don’t forget Cruise Terminal Aquatics Water Polo schedule that varies with the seasons. U8 Telecom Center was monitored and controlled. U9 to mind your manners since it’s a public Tourist information website https://www.kcf.or.jp/sp/nakagawa/ http://wasen-tomo.com Tokyo Gate Bridge 10 Tokyo Aquatics Centre* location.