Bike tour around Odaiba & Tsukiji Market

Ariake is a district in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan. It is best known as the region adjacent to and directly east of Odaiba. Ariake is most well known internationally as the site of the Tokyo Big Sight international exhibition centre. Other important facilities located within Ariake include the Differ Ariake Arena, Ariake Tennis Forest Park (Ariake Tenisu no Mori Kōen), Ariake Coliseum, Ariake Sports Center, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Tokyo Ariake University of Medical and Health Sciences, the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research and the headquarters of Universal Entertainment Corporation. Ariake is a center for shipping in the pulp and paper industry.

Like neighbouring Harumi, this area was reclaimed from Tokyo Bay in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Until the construction of the Oedo Line and Kachidoki Station, Kachidoki was a relatively out of the way place to get to. Since the opening up of the area, a large number of tall residential towers have been constructed and Kachidoki is now a popular residential area.

Odaiba, also called ‘Daiba’ for short, is an incredibly popular area with tourists. Originally built from reclaimed land in defense of Tokyo in 1853, it has become one of Tokyo's top attractions and a hotspot for both young people and those young at heart. There is shopping, a Ferris wheel, otaku meccas, Tokyo onsen and beautiful views—something for everyone to enjoy.

Located on a man-made island with great views of Tokyo Rainbow Bridge, the Odaiba Marine Park offers you a grand day out, suitable for all the family. Odaiba Marine Park gives you access to the Tokyo waterfront. Swimming is prohibited, but you can try your hand at other water sports such as windsurfing. In the park is a 12.5-meter-tall replica of the Statue of Liberty which was installed in April 1998 in commemoration of "The French Year in Japan,” in which events took place to celebrate France-Japan international relations. Best of all, the Odaiba Marine Park offers you fantastic views of Tokyo's Rainbow Bridge, which provides the connecting link between mainland Tokyo and the island.

Linking Odaiba and Shibaura Pier, the colorful Rainbow Bridge and its light displays have become a major tourist attraction Sometimes a bridge isn't just for getting you from one place to another. The Rainbow Bridge, which links the mainland to the artificial islet of Odaiba , is also a tourist attraction in its own right at night. Built in the 1990s, the structure has enabled this part of Tokyo Bay to flourish, and is surrounded by top tourist attractions. The supporting towers of the bridge have been painted white, but they are lit up at night in rainbow colors in December. The lights charge up during the day by solar panels. The bridge and its views are quite beautiful even when illuminated in regular lights during the rest of the year.

The Tsukiji Market, supervised by the Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market of the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Industrial and Labor Affairs, was the largest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world. It was also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market opened on 11 February 1935 as a replacement for an older market that was destroyed in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake. It closed on 6 October 2018 and moved to the new Toyosu Market, 2.4 kilometres away.

Tokyo is the capital and most populous prefecture of Japan. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central Pacific coast of Japan's main island, Honshu. Tokyo is the political and economic center of the country, as well as the seat of the Emperor of Japan and the national government. In 2019, the prefecture had an estimated population of 13,929,280. The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with more than 37.393 million residents as of 2020.