Toyosu

What it is

• A district in Koto Ward built entirely on land reclaimed from Tokyo Bay.
• The land was created using debris from the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake.
• The area was named in 1937 to wish for future prosperity.
• A major commercial hub housing the headquarters of IHI and NTT Data.

What to see

• The Toyosu Market which opened in 2018 on a former gas factory site.
• Urban Dock LaLaport Toyosu, a large waterfront shopping mall.
• The site of the first Seven-Eleven store to open in Japan.
• The modern campus of the Shibaura Institute of Technology.

Getting there

• Accessible via the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line at Toyosu Station.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.