Aomi

Aomi (青海) is an area in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan. Its subdivisions consist of Aomi 1, 2, 3 and 4 chome. Aomi is part of Tokyo Bay Landfill #13 and Tokyo Rinkai Satellite City Center.

View of Aomi

Aomi Station

Container terminal in Aomi

Palette Town in Aomi

Many important facilities are located in Aomi, such as the Miraikan scientific museum,^[1] the Palette Town (including VenusFort shopping mall, the 115-metre (377 ft) Daikanransha Ferris wheel, Zepp Tokyo music hall, Megaweb - the exhibition hall of Toyota),^[2] a National Institute of Technology. There is a large seaport facility area of the Port of Tokyo (Aomi dock) and Aomi container terminal.^[3] More than a half of the Aomi 2 chome area is dedicated to the port and cargo storage.

The land of whole Aomi area had been reclaimed from the sea after 1946, thus all trees have been planted and there are no large animals except for stray cats. Several kinds of wild birds^[4] and fishes can be observed.

Education

Koto Ward Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools.

Ariake Nishi Gakuen (有明西学園) is the zoned public elementary school,^[5] and the zoned public junior high school.^[6]

References

1. The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation Retrieved September 16, 2015
2. About Mega Web 2017-12-14 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved September 16, 2015
3. Aomi Container Terminal Overview Retrieved September 16, 2015
4. Wild birds in Odaiba Retrieved September 16, 2015 (in English and Japanese)
5. "江東区立 小学校・義務教育学校前期課程 通学区域一覧" (PDF). Koto Ward. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
6. "江東区立 中学校・義務教育学校後期課程 通学区域一覧" (PDF). Koto Ward. Retrieved 2022-10-09.

35°37′00″N 139°47′01″E / 35.61667°N 139.78361°E / 35.61667; 139.78361