Tokyo Bay Walk (1) Shinagawa-Oi: Oct. 8, 2011

Six of Tokyo’s 23 wards – Ota, Shinagawa, Minato, Chuo, Koto and Edogawa -- have seashore areas and they have developed Tokyo Port there. They have various types of terminals in the port.

I walked southern part of Tokyo Port -- from Shinagawa to Oi -- today.


I left JR (Japan railway) Shinagawa station, crossed the Keihin Canal, and arrived at Shinagawa terminal. There are container terminals as well as automobile shipping places. They also have Tokyo Electric Co.’s power stations.

The area was very artificial. Only warehouses, distribution centers and other industrial facilities spread in the area. The roads are wide (so that trucks can move easily) and the industrial railways run in the area. I did not feel the atmosphere of daily life (of the people) there.



The lands are artificial made (by landfill after the Edo era). Artificial waterways ran through the areas.

I passed a bridge and moved into Oi Area. There are large container terminals in the area.


Japan’s 3 major sea line companies have their terminals here.


Tens of thousands of containers were piled in the yards. Huge crane machined boasted their existences.

Some of container ships are more than 300 meter long and carry nearly 10 thousands containers in each voyage. Cutting edge computer system is necessary to control millions of containers.


Container Tracks were waiting in lines to enter the terminals even in Saturday.


I attach a picture taken inside the terminal at another occasion in this blog post.

There are several natural parks in the area. Bird sanctuaries are there.