Wakasu

Wakasu seaside Park

Wakasu (若洲) also Wakasu Island, is an island located in Koto, Tokyo. It is located south of Shin-Kiba and is connected to a new unnamed island to the south by the Tokyo Gate Bridge.

Etymology

Wakasu means "Young province" in Japanese.

Details

Wakasu, like many other areas of Tokyo, is reclaimed land. Save for the camping ground, Wakasu was constructed on a base of Incinerator bottom ash remains from garbage, a form of land reclamation common in Japan.

Roughly half of the island is an industrial zone, while the other half contains the Wakasu Seaside Park,[1][2] Wakasu Golf Course,[3] and a popular camping ground.[4] There is also a large wind turbine located nearby the golf course. The 18-hole golf course and the campground attract many people from all over Tokyo.

Wakasu was planned to be the venue for sailing events at the 2020 Summer Olympics,[5] but as of 2015 it is planned that the yachting will take place in Enoshima, Kanagawa Prefecture.[6] Instead it will host golf moved from Kasumigaseki, Saitama as the planned venue.

References

  1. ↑ Tokyo Port Terminal Corporation - Wakasu Seaside Park Retrieved September 17, 2015
  2. ↑ Tokyo Port Terminal Corporation - Yacht Training Site Retrieved September 17, 2015
  3. ↑ Wakasu Golf Links - Tokyo Port Terminal Corporation Retrieved September 17, 2015
  4. ↑ Koto Ward Wakasu Public Park - Tokyo Port Terminal Corporation Retrieved September 17, 2015
  5. ↑ "Venue Plan". Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee. Archived from the original on 27 July 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  6. ↑ Games Plan - TOKYO 2020 Retrieved September 17, 2015

Coordinates: 35°37′N 139°50′E / 35.617°N 139.833°E / 35.617; 139.833


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