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